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 "title": "STARK Says the First Virtus Deliveries Go to the German Brigade in Lithuania — A EUR 275 Million First Batch and a EUR 2.9 Billion Framework",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/stark-defence-first-virtus-deliveries-brigade-lithuania-275-million-batch-2-9-billion-framework-bundestag-270-million-approval/",
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 "published": "2026-09-23T19:03:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-24T19:03:18.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEssen, 23 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Josef Kranawetvogl, senior vice-president at STARK Defence, to dpa at the Euro Defence Expo in Essen: \"We plan to begin delivering to the Bundeswehr soon.\" The first batch is worth EUR 275 million; he did not give the quantity\n * The first systems go to the German brigade in Lithuania: \"In November we have a NATO exercise in Lithuania, our systems will be in use there.\" He did not name the exercise; the house exercise tracker carries none i",
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