German defense contractor Rheinmetall and the state-owned Ukrainian Defense Industry (Ukroboronprom) have established a joint venture, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Oct. 24. “The Rheinmetall-Ukrainian Defense Industry LLC was registered on Oct. 18,” Shmyhal announced at the German-Ukrainian Business Forum in Berlin. The company will maintain and repair equipment supplied by Ukrainian partners. … Read more
Poland’s Pronar, a major manufacturer of agricultural machinery, is patenting a special machine for demining fields and construction sites with mass production expected to begin in 2024, Pronar’s Director of Trade and Marketing Radoslaw Bielecki revealed in a press release on Oct. 24. “A team of 150 engineers is working very closely with partners in … Read more
The Turkish company Baykar plans to invest $100 million in three projects in Ukraine. Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar announced this on Friday at the International Defense Industries Forum in Kyiv, Ukrinform reports. Türkiye joined the drone development and production in Ukraine. Baykar, the manufacturer of Bayraktar TB2 attack drones, plans to invest $100 million in … Read more
The German Federal Cartel Office has authorized the creation of a joint venture between the German concern Rheinmetall and Ukrainian defence industry, Rheinmetall reported on its website on Thursday. “Launched in May 2023, strategic cooperation between Rheinmetall and Ukraine’s state-owned Ukrainian Defence Industry group (UDI), the former Ukroboronprom, has taken another step forward. On 28 … Read more
The Defense Ministry of Ukraine and Turkish company Baykar Makina have signed an agreement on the construction in Ukraine of a service center for the repair and maintenance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The ministry said on its website on Monday that this was done to develop a framework agreement between the governments of Ukraine … Read more
The German defense company Rheinmetall will deploy production facilities to produce armored vehicles in Ukraine within the next 12 weeks. The company’s CEO, Armin Papperger, said this in an interview with CNN. In addition to deploying the enterprise, the company will train Ukrainian specialists to service tanks and other armored vehicles manufactured at the plant. … Read more
Ukraine and the Czech Republic will significantly strengthen the cooperation of their military-industrial complexes, said President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday. During a joint press conference with Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala in Prague, he said that Ukraine and Chechia discussed arms supplies and the new production, Ukrinform reports. “We talked about specific … Read more
Three Ukrainian manufacturers have been selected to receive $1 million each to combat Iranian-made Shahed drones, the Ministry of Digital Transformation announced on June 27. The manufacturers were chosen through the Drone Hackathon – Anti-Shahed event, where 50 teams presented their projects to representatives of Ukraine’s security and defense forces. The objective was to identify innovative solutions … Read more
Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar received license permits from Turkey to establish the production of two types of drones in Ukraine — Bayraktar TB2 and Akıncı. CEO Haluk Bayraktar said this in an interview with the Turkish publication Akit. “We have received relevant license permits from Turkey for the full production of Bayraktar TB2 and Akinci … Read more
The Ukrainian defense sector will likely experience a “boom” in investment and growth after the war with Russia ends, Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal said at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London on June 21. “European global companies are already considering the possibility of building production sites in Ukraine,” said Shmyhal. “We anticipate a genuine boom … Read more