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Oct 3, 2025 22 min

Inside Latvia’s Defense Tech Sector

from Emerging Tech Horizons Hosted by Dr. Arun Seraphin

Join Emerging Technologies Conference 2025 guest host Dr. Mark Lewis, President and CEO of the Purdue Applied Research Institute, for a conversation with Elīna Egle, CEO of the Federation of Security and Defense Industries of Latvia. Egle shares insights into Latvia’s growing defense and security sector, highlighting its strengths as well as its vulnerabilities. The discussion covers topics such as funding acquisition, international cooperation, NATO procurement systems, and barriers to innovation in Latvia’s key areas, including logistics services, industrial heritage in aircraft building, space technologies, and autonomous drone systems. Latvian Companies Mentioned: Lightspace Technologies: https://lightspace3d.com/ Exonicus: https://exonicus.com/ To receive updates about the conference please join our mailing list here: https://www.emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org/sign-up http://emergingtechnologiesinstitute.org https://www.facebook.com/EmergingTechETI https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndia-eti-emerging-technologies-institute https://www.twitter.com/EmergingTechETI

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