The facility, located in the area of municipal transport firm Vilniaus vie\u0161asis transportas in the Antakalnis neighbourhood, allows year-round training regardless of weather conditions. <\/p>\n
“Drone enthusiasts clearly expressed the need for an enclosed space,” Vilnius Mayor Valdas Benkunskas told reporters, noting that similar facilities in Latvia charge fees.<\/p>\n
Benkunskas said drone technology was increasingly shaping civilian life and modern warfare, adding that early exposure could benefit city services and businesses in the future.<\/p>\n
Chief of the Defence Staff Rear Admiral Giedrius Premeneckas said such non-commercial spaces were highly needed for developing practical skills. <\/p>\n
“We are seeing a real drone revolution in defence,” he said, adding that familiarity with drone systems would strengthen Lithuania\u2019s security. <\/p>\n
He noted that trained operators would \u201ealways find their place\u201c in the Lithuanian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n
Combat drones are banned at the centre and users must follow safety rules. Access requires online registration, with supervision provided on site. <\/p>\n
Trainees may use their own drones or shared equipment, navigate obstacle courses and practise around a decommissioned trolleybus.<\/p>\n
The project cost about EUR 70,000. <\/p>\n
Since August 2024, an outdoor 0.90-hectacre drone training area has been operating in the \u0160e\u0161kin\u0117s hills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The facility, located in the area of municipal transport firm Vilniaus vie\u0161asis transportas in the Antakalnis neighbourhood, allows…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[4579,171,170],"class_list":{"0":"post-61501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vilnius","8":"tag-drones","9":"tag-lithuania","10":"tag-vilnius"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116408774255249741","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}