Last week, an Estonian defence industry delegation visited Ukraine. A total of 26 companies from the Estonian Defence and Space Industry Association participated in the visit. The main objectives of the visit were B2B and B2G seminars, as well as presenting Estonian companies’ products and services to Ukrainian end-users.
During the visit, the Estonia–Ukraine Defence Cooperation Forum took place, bringing together more than 400 participants over two days.
The programme focused on three key areas:
The B2B seminar focused on creating direct contacts between Estonian and Ukrainian companies, presenting technologies and solutions, and identifying concrete cooperation opportunities. The seminar included over 100 individual meetings, where very practical and specific cooperation projects were discussed.
The B2G seminar (business-to-government) focused on cooperation with Ukrainian state authorities, armed forces, and other institutional stakeholders. Discussions covered operational needs, procurement requirements, and how Estonian defence industry solutions could support these needs.
Such cooperation formats support practical innovation, accelerate partnership formation, and strengthen the defence capabilities of both Estonia and Ukraine.
The delegation included: Defendec Ltd, SensusQ, Front42, Vegvisir, 5.0 ROBOTICS, Threod Systems, law firm COBALT Legal, Lendurai, Conmeo | Defence & Crisis Equipment, Law Firm GLIMSTEDT Estonia, Thistle OÜ, Rantelon, Milrem Robotics, law firm TRINITI Estonia, C2GRID, DefSecIntel Solutions, KPMG Baltics, Nortal, Wayren, PowerUP Energy Technologies, KrattWorks, TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology, Telearmy,Meridein Grupp OÜ and CAFA Tech.
The visit was organised by the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Estonia in Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence, the Estonian Defence and Space Industry Association, and Miltton Ukraine.
The visit was funded by the European Union’s recovery instrument “NextGenerationEU.”
