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 "slug": "lithuania-defence-services-yit-kaunas-leopard-2a8-assembly-maintenance-plant-29-million-2027",
 "title": "Lithuania Contracts the 13,000-Square-Metre Kaunas Hall Where Its 44 Leopard 2A8s Will Be Assembled",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/lithuania-defence-services-yit-kaunas-leopard-2a8-assembly-maintenance-plant-29-million-2027/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/lithuania-defence-services-yit-kaunas-leopard-2a8-assembly-maintenance-plant-29-million-2027/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-07-30T13:55:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-09T13:56:12.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaunas, 30 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Lithuania Defence Services — the joint venture of KNDS Deutschland and Rheinmetall Landsysteme — contracted YIT Lietuva to build a 13,000-square-metre assembly and maintenance plant on almost 10 hectares in the Kaunas free economic zone\n * The contract is EUR 29 million to the client, worth about EUR 30 million to the contractor; total facility investment has previously been put near EUR 50 million\n * Construction starts in August 2026 and compl",
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  "polish-lithuanian-axis",
  "ground-defense"
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  "germany",
  "knds",
  "leopard-2",
  "rheinmetall"
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