Estonia

TALLINN, (BM) - The Estonian Ministry of Defense has signed a framework agreement with Eurospike to acquire Rafael-made Spike anti-tank guided missiles for €40 million (approx. $45 million), learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Israel Defense. The initial purchase will include 18 launchers and ammunitions, as well as additional equipment,…

TALLINN, Estonia (BulgarianMilitary.com) - 3 Regiment Army Air Corps is deploying to the Baltics for three months, with Apache attack helicopters of 663 Squadron taking off from their base at Wattisham Flying Station in Suffolk, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting UKDJ The British Army say that the Apaches will be working in tandem with the…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - For another year, a Bulgarian team takes part in NATO’ largest and most important cyber defence exercise - Cyber Coalition 2018, which this year is held in the period from 26th to 30th November 2018, in Tartu, Estonia, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. The eleventh iteration of Cyber Coalition brings…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Today, Russian state media reported that the court in the city of Simferopol in Crimea, which was deciding today on a pre-trial measure for the 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia in Kerch Strait on Sunday, has ordered one of them to be under arrest for two months on charges of illegally…

TALLINN (Estonia), June 13, 2018, Author: Bm team, Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Estonia has announced that it has agreed to purchase a short-range air defence system complete with Mistral surface-to-air missiles from MBDA Missile Systems under a €50 million contract, reported Defense News. The contract is also reported to involve…

HELSINKI (Finland), April 18, 2018, Text: Bm News Team, Photo: YouTube The Estonian fleet of CV9035s (the second of the export models of the CV90 (Combat Vehicle 90) tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle - IFV) will be jointly maintained by the Patria's subsidiary Milrem LCM and BAE Systems, for which they have signed an agreement, announced Patria.…

HELSINKI (Finland), January 19, 2018, Editorial Team (Bm), Photo: Wikipedia The Centre for Defence Investment has renewed the public contract with Milrem LCM, provider of defence vehicle lifecycle management, for repair and maintenance of the Patria XA-180 and XA-188 armoured vehicles. Milrem LCM is part of Patria Group. “Since 2014, the…