This issue’s top story: Estonia cancels a €500m infantry fighting vehicle procurement and redirects the funding to air defence, counter-drone capability, and situational awareness, extending the service life of existing CV90s by at least a decade. We also cover Saab’s $24m U.S. Army-funded delivery of 10 Giraffe 1X radars to the Baltic states, and Lockheed Martin’s $11m investment to expand a HIMARS maintenance capability in Estonia alongside the purchase of three additional HIMARS. Plus: SSD2026 exhibitor space is nearly sold out, Estonia seeks a strategic investor for RDX explosives production, the Baltic foreign ministers reject Russian disinformation on airspace use, Lithuania advances a new training ground near the Suwałki Corridor, and a Lithuanian opposition plan argues for a stronger total defence model inspired by Finland.
