Hanwha Aerospace has signed four memoranda of understanding with Lithuanian companies covering work on its forty millimetre wheeled anti-aircraft gun, after an industry day in Vilnius that drew more than eighty participants from around thirty local firms, according to the company.
The agreements cover vehicle integration with KMT, turret shell fabrication with Cosmos Construction, integration of command and control systems with NATO networks in cooperation with Nortal, and cable manufacturing with T&G Lithuania. The event was organised with the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industries Association, which Hanwha Aerospace has now joined.
Vaidas Sabaliauskas, director of the association, said: “Lithuania is a small country, but we have a lot to offer. Our defence industry is growing very fast. We have strong companies, skilled engineers, and modern technologies. Hanwha brings great experience and advanced technology. We see great opportunities to work together in production, technology, research of new products.”
Senior Vice President Robert Park, head of air defence and missile launcher systems at Hanwha Aerospace, said: “We see Lithuania as a long-term strategic partner and recognise the strong technological capabilities and potential of its defence industry. We aim to build lasting industrial partnerships with Lithuanian companies, exploring opportunities in technology transfer, joint development and lifecycle support, while contributing to Lithuania’s ambition to become a regional hub for defence manufacturing and maintenance in the Baltic region.”
The gun at the centre of the agreements is a mobile system aimed at low-altitude threats including drones, combining automated fire control, target tracking and forty millimetre ammunition. The company also presented short, medium and long range air defence products and an integrated counter-drone approach pairing radar and electro-optical sensors with command and control systems and a range of countermeasures.
Hanwha Aerospace has moved aggressively into the European market since Poland’s large orders for its K9 howitzers and Chunmoo rocket launchers, and Lithuania borders both Belarus and the Kaliningrad exclave.
