Lithuania

Cyber Europe 

First Multinational Lithuanian-Led Cyber Rapid Response Team Enters Standby

January 24, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Cyber Rapid Response Teams (CRRTs), Cybersecurity, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania

The first multinational rotation of the cyber rapid response teams (CRRTs) led by Lithuania entered standby as of early 2020.

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Middle East Misc 

Lithuanian Military Personnel Serving in CJTF-OIR in Iraq Temporarily Moved to Kuwait

January 11, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Al-Asad Airbase, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF–OIR), Danish Defence, Iraq, Kuwait, Lithuania, Lithuanian Armed Forces

Six Lithuanian soldiers serving at al Asad Airbase in Iraq as part of the Danish Contingent have been temporarily repositioned

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Europe Misc 

Plans for Three Control and Reporting Centres in Baltic Region to Enhance NATO Air Posture

December 12, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Baltic Air Policing, Baltic Air Surveillance Network (BALTNET), Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, NATO, NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence System (NATINAMDS)

The scheduled re-structure of the Baltic Air Surveillance Network or BALTNET will see the activation of three national Control and

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Europe Land 

Lithuanian Armed Forces Takes Delivery of First Four ZETROS 3643 Tractor Trucks

December 7, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Daimler AG, Lithuania, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Mercedes-Benz Zetros, Military truck, Tractor unit, ZETROS 3643

The first four of the ZETROS 3643 tractor trucks with trailers, manufactured by German company Daimler AG, have been handed

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Europe Land 

Lithuania Signs LOA for Procurement of 200 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles

November 23, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Light Tactical Vehicle, Lithuania, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), USA

The Lithuanian Defence Materiel Agency under the Ministry of National Defence and the U.S. Department of Defence signed the Letter

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Europe Misc 

Baltic Defence Ministers Sign Agreement on Strengthening Joint Airspace Surveillance

October 31, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Baltic Air Surveillance Network (BALTNET), Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, NATO, NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence System (NATINAMDS)

Three Baltic Defence Ministers signed on a new configuration of the Baltic Air Surveillance Network and Control System, BALTNET, on

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Air Europe 

Lithuania to Procure Six UH-60M Black Hawk Utility Helicopters

October 18, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Helicopter, Lithuania, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Mil Mi-8, Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk

Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence has taken a decision to start negotiations with the U.S. Government on procurement of six

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Air/ Missile Defense Europe 

Lithuanian Air Force Begins Testing NASAMS Medium-Range Air Defence System

October 5, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Defense System, Kongsberg, Lithuania, Lithuanian Air Force (LAF), NASAMS

Specialists of Lithuanian Air Force began tests of the NASAMS medium-range air defence system at the Kongsberg factory in Norway

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Europe Land 

Lithuanian Armed Forces Takes Delivery of 110 Unimog U5000 Trucks

September 27, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Daimler AG, Lithuania, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Military truck, Unimog, Unimog U5000

The Lithuanian Armed Forces accepted 110 Unimog U5000 military trucks of 5t payload manufactured by Germany’s Daimler AG, on September

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Europe Misc 

U.S. to Deploy 500 Soldiers to Lithuania

September 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Lithuania, Operation Atlantic Resolve, U.S. Army, US Army Europe (USAREUR), USA

Rotational U.S. force, a battalion-sized unit of over 500 U.S. Army soldiers, will deploy in Lithuania to ensure deterrence and

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