Estonia partners with girls' tech club to launch civilian drone training

Estonia's Defense League is teaming up with girls' tech nonprofit HK Unicorn Squad to expand civilian drone skills with a new hands-on training program. The Ministry of Defense and the Estonian Defense League (EDL) signed a cooperation agreement...

Estonian-built 1844 organ in Alaska among oldest in America

Built in Estonia in 1844 and shipped to Alaska, an organ by Tartu craftsman Ernst Carl Kessler is among the oldest in the U.S. Kessler's largest still sounds in Otepää Church. Estonian organ professor Andres Uibo told ETV's "Prillitoos" that...

Defence tech breakthrough: Lithuanian hackathon winner negotiating €1 million investment for autonomous drone innovations

The winner of the Lithuanian defence technology hackathon Flaming Shield: Mission AI 2025 has entered negotiations for a €1 million investment to develop autonomous drone technologies. The investment, initiated by Coinvest Capital and private...

Michigan Tech Unveils Nature Megaphone on Tech Trails

Imagine being immersed in a cornucopia of quiet forest sounds — small animals rustling in the underbrush, birds chirping softly, wind gently shifting the leaves. This is what visitors to Michigan Technological University's Tech Trails can...

Estonia partners with girls' tech nonprofit to launch civilian drone training

Estonia is teaming up with girls' tech nonprofit HK Unicorn Squad to expand civilian drone skills with a new hands-on training program. The Ministry of Defense and the Estonian Defense League (EDL) signed a cooperation agreement with HK Unicorn...

Voter turnout in Tallinn higher than at previous local elections

Voter turnout in Tallinn at the ongoing local elections has so far been higher than the last municipal elections four years ago. Over 19 percent of eligible voters had already cast their vote in the capital as of Wednesday evening, ahead of the...

Estonia to deliver drones worth tens of millions of euros to Ukraine and joins PURL programme

Estonia is set to transfer drones to Ukraine worth tens of millions of euros this week. As reported by Ukrinform, Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur noted a decline in military aid to Ukraine and emphasised that Estonia is sending new UAVs due...

Estonia inks deal launching new Defense League drone training for civilians

Estonia's Defense Ministry and Defense League signed a cooperation agreement with HK Unicorn Squad Tuesday to expand public drone training with the new Angry Eagle program. Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) said drones are already a key...

Estonia Launches Adult Education Program To Teach Adults How To Fly Drones

3 The country's Ministry of Defense has signed a memorandum with community organizations. The Estonian Defense Ministry, the Defense League and the HK Unicorn Squad have signed a memorandum of cooperation to train adults to operate drones. This is...

Estonia elected UN Human Rights Council member for second time

Estonia has been elected a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the second time in a little over a decade. Estonia will hold UNHRC membership 2026-2028, having already done so 2013-2015. Following Tuesday's election,...

Canada’s CF-188 Hornets Make First Highway Landing in Estonia to Advance NATO ACE Ops

Canadian CF-188 Hornets made their first highway landing in Estonia during exercise TARASSIS 25, part of NATO’s Agile Combat Employment initiative. The training highlighted the alliance’s focus on flexible operations and rapid dispersal along its...

IT Coalition to speed up tech procurement and boost Ukraine’s defense digitalization

In Stockholm, the IT Coalition agreed to accelerate the procurement of technologies for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this following the 11th meeting of the IT Coalition, which took place in Stockholm....

Mapping South Korea’s Defence Industrialisation in the Age of Smart Technologies

Introduction: Phases of South Korea’s Defence Industrialisation Phase 1: Heavy Chemical Industries Lead the Way South Korea’s initial defence industrialisation started in the early 1950s, five years after its independence, when it faced a war with...

Starship Technologies raises $50M as robot delivery race revs up

Starship bots are coming to U.S. cities. | Photo courtesy of Starship Technologies Robotic delivery company Starship Technologies raised $50 million in a Series C funding round and plans to make a push into U.S. cities. The round was led by...

The digital republic: how Estonia redefined voting

This week, as Estonians cast their ballots in the 2025 local elections, more than half are expected to do so without stepping outside their homes. Estonians will open their laptops, insert their national ID cards and cast a legally binding vote...

Report: Semaglutide effective but too expensive to universally adopt in Estonia

As of three years ago, nearly a quarter of Estonia's population was obese. A report finds that while semaglutide and bariatric surgery aid weight loss more effectively than lifestyle changes, the current price of semaglutide makes providing it to...

Ukraine’s dual-use tech seeks family backers

Strolling past the golden domes of St Michael’s monastery on a September Saturday evening, the casually dressed, bearded and bespectacled character in his mid-30s blends effortlessly into the Kyiv crowd. But Taras Semeniuk is no ordinary weekend...

Tallinn–Tartu train timetables back to normal next week

Normal service on the Tallinn-Tartu link is to return from next Monday, railtrack operator Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) said. While the ultimate goal is for trains to make the journey in around 90 minutes, currently it takes twice that long....

ECDI signs long-term contract for mobile modular hospitals for Estonia and Lithuania

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) has signed a seven-year framework agreement with AS Maru Metall and MDSC Systems OÜ for the supply of mobile modular hospital solutions and mobile units to the Estonian and Lithuanian Defence...

Omniva deploys autonomous parcel delivery vans in Estonia

Omniva is trialling the use of unmanned electric parcel delivery vehicles in Estonia with the aim of making last-mile delivery faster, more efficient and more sustainable. The first three fully electric indiGO self-driving vans will begin...