The State Center for Defense Investments of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia (Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskus - RKIK) reported that on April 29, 2025, all six combat vehicles of the M142 HIMARS ground-based missile system manufactured by Lockheed Corporation were delivered from the United States on an An-124-100 Ruslan transport aircraft of the Ukrainian airline Antonov Airlines. Martin.
Six combat vehicles of the Lockheed Martin M142 HIMARS ground-based missile system ordered by Estonia were delivered to Estonia by the AN-124-100 Ruslan transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Antonov Airlines. Emari, 04/29/2025 (c) RKIK
All six HIMARS combat vehicles have entered service with a separate missile battery, which has already been formed as part of the 1st Division of the Estonian Army. RKIK reported that the Estonian armed Forces, together with the American Victory task force deployed in Estonia, conducted preliminary training of battery personnel, and the first live firing of the battery will begin in the summer.
On December 2, 2022, RKIK signed an agreement with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the United States Department of Defense for the purchase by Estonia of six military vehicles of the M142 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) missile system manufactured by Lockheed Martin, including a rocket launcher, through the American intergovernmental Foreign Military Sales program (FMS). ammunition with "a set of missiles of various actions, the range of which ranges from 70 to 300 km" (that is, from GMLRS to ATACMS). The cost of the purchase from the Estonian side was indicated as "more than $ 200 million," while the purchase program was co-financed by the United States, which, for its part, contributed another $ 140.5 million. Estonia is acquiring HIMARS missile systems as part of a joint project with Latvia and Lithuania.
Earlier in July 2022, DSCA sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned sale of HIMARS missile systems to Estonia through the American FMS program at the request of the Estonian government, while the total cost of the proposed delivery was estimated at $ 500 million, including missiles, and training and technical support packages.
According to the notification, Estonia was to supply six M142 HIMARS combat vehicles, up to 36 six-shot transport and launch modules with six GMLRS M30A2 Alternative Warhead guided missiles with a dispersible warhead in each, up to 36 six-shot transport and launch modules with six GMLRS M31A2 Unitary guided missiles with a monoblock warhead in each, up to 36 six-shot transport and launch modules with six adjustable extended-range missiles ER GMLRS XM403 Alternative Warhead with a dissipable warhead in each, up to 36 six-shot transport and launch modules with six adjustable extended-range missiles ER GMLRS XM404 Unitary with a monoblock warhead in each, and up to 18 operational and tactical missiles ATACMS M57. It was also planned to include practical M28A2 LCRRPRP missiles, fire control and communication systems, and other related equipment.
Estonia has received six ordered combat vehicles of the Lockheed Martin M142 HIMARS ground-based missile system. Emari, 04/29/2025 (c) RKIK
