This article explores how behavioral policy instruments can be employed to reduce corruption risks in Lithuania’s military procurement system. Building on insights from behavioral economics, it advances measures such as proactive transparency defaults, streamlined disclosure procedures, and constructive communication framing to enhance integrity and decision-making accountability in defense acquisitions. Interviews with field experts point to persistent structural vulnerabilities, including informal influence networks, bureaucratic rigidity, and multilayered governance complexity. At the same time, they stress the importance of aligning reform tools with Lithuania’s institutional culture and administrative practices. The analysis indicates that embedding behavioral interventions within existing integrity and oversight structures, in line with international anti-corruption standards, can generate practical and economically efficient improvements. The proposed approach outlines a tailored yet transferable governance model that may strengthen integrity not only in defense procurement but also across broader domains of public sector management.
