Armed Forces Minister Mark Lancaster witnessed the depth and breadth of the UK’s longstanding defence relationship with Estonia first-hand after his recent visit with deployed UK personnel. The Minister visited Royal Air Force Typhoons patrolling Baltic skies as part of the Alliance’s Baltic Air Policing mission, met with British Army personnel ...
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced new UK deployments as backed NATO’s role in strengthening Europe’s defence, stability and security. Speaking at the NATO Defence Ministerial in Brussels, the last ahead of the Summit in July, Mr Williamson committed UK jets to policing over Estonia and Iceland for 2019. He went ...
Milrem LCM, an Estonian supplier of combat vehicle life-cycle management, has agreed a contract with BAE Systems in support of Estonia’s fleet of CV9035 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs). The agreement forms part of a wider contract between BAE Systems and the Estonian government to maintain the 44 CV9035 IFVs acquired from ...
RAF Typhoon fighters from 3(Fighter) Squadron have returned to Estonia as part of the on-going support to the British Army-led NATO battlegroup deployed. The Typhoons have been based at Amari Air base Estonia and have been conducting challenging air land Integration training exercises with the deployed ground controllers known as JTACs ...