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Latvian Air Force receives new Black Hawk helicopters

The Latvian Air Force took delivery of two UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters at Lielvārde Air Force Base earlier in December.

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Saab has received orders from the Latvian Ministry of Defence for ammunition for the Carl-Gustaf® recoilless rifle. The order value is approximately SEK 185 million.

Saab receives order from Latvia for Carl-Gustaf ammunition

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Saab has received orders from the Latvian Ministry of Defence for ammunition for the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle.

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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. Deliveries will begin in 2022.

Saab receives orders for short-range air defence systems from Latvia

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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.

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On November 4th, 2022, a 5-day operational experiment that integrated augmented reality/virtual reality software together with 5th Generation mobile telecommunications technologies in the military field, concluded with a demonstration at Camp Ādaži.

Latvia holds the world’s first NATO operational 5G experiment

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The 5G test environment for defence innovations at Camp Ādaži is part of the NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) program.

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Europe’s first 5G defence testbed, located in Latvia, has been supplemented by two new standalone 5G networks, built by Nokia and Ericsson. This will make it possible to test defence innovations on a variety of networks.

Europe’s first 5G testbed for defence receives new 5G networks from Nokia and Ericsson

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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.

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Patria’s new 6x6 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. The Latvian vehicles, just 6 months old, were “fighting“ alongside allied Finnish, American, British, and Estonian troops in the Niinisalo training area.

Finland and Patria support Latvian defence

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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.

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