While Baltic security thinking has long been dominated by assessments of the risk of Russian military aggression in Europe, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was still a shock in its brutality and scale.
Estonia soon will select the medium-range air defence system. The procurement will be implemented in close cooperation with Latvia.
The Republic of Latvia plans to build a coastal defence system equipped with anti-ship missiles.
The Latvian Air Force took delivery of two UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters at Lielvārde Air Force Base earlier in December.
Saab has received orders from the Latvian Ministry of Defence for ammunition for the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle.
Saab has received orders for the RBS 70 NG ground-based air defence system and the Giraffe 1X radar from the Latvian Ministry of Defence.
The 5G test environment for defence innovations at Camp Ādaži is part of the NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) program.
The testbed, originally launched by telecommunications innovator LMT in collaboration with the Latvian National Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence, has been in operation since November of 2020.
Patria’s new 6×6 armoured troop-carrying vehicles were deployed with the Latvian infantry on the multinational Exercise Arrow 22, hosted by Finland, during the first two weeks of May.
NATO’s multinational battlegroup in Latvia took part in the exercise as part of Latvia’s Mechanised Infantry Brigade.
Latvian Navy to modernise three ships with ECA Group’s mine countermeasure solution.
