This issue is your pre-event briefing for Supply, Security & Defence Expo (SSD) 2026, kicking off 10–11 June in Tallinn as the Baltics’ largest supply security, internal security and defence industry expo—bringing nearly 200 exhibitors from NATO countries and 2,500+ registered visitors. We spotlight Executive Partner NORDSEC’s vision for a Nordic–Baltic Defence Industrial Area, an interview with Gravity Industries on Jet Suits and personal flight tech, and exhibitor insights on rapidly deployable modular trench systems for drone-saturated battlefields. Also inside: why Lithuania is becoming the Baltic defence industry hub, an outlook on the German–Baltic Defence Industry Conference 2026, a Tallinn discussion featuring Carl Bildt, Milrem Robotics’ THeMIS assembly line launch in the Netherlands, and Rantelon’s next-gen drone jammer debut at SSD 2026.
