The Ukrainian-made Sapsan long-range missile system is 70% complete but its finalization requires approximately $500 million, Ihor Krol, the head of the Western Ukrainian Association of Defense and Industrial Complex Enterprises, said on on June 18. Ukraine decided to develop the Sapsan system, inheriting the Borysfen project from the 1990s, back in 2006. The system, … Read more
The Ukrainian government has issued a resolution on the establishment ofJSC Ukrainian Defense Industry, which is to replace the existing Ukroboronprom state defense concern, the Cabinet reported on May 4. Ukroboronprom officials said this was one of the key steps towards reforming the state sector of the defense industry complex, a report from the Cabinet reads. “Ukroboronprom … Read more
BRAVE1, a single coordination platform in defense tech, was launched in Ukraine. The cluster aims to supply and transfer advanced Ukrainian technological solutions and comprehensive support of Ukrainian developers. BRAVE1 is created to provide a technological advantage over the opponent. Government officials claim that the cluster will transfer advanced Ukrainian solutions to the frontline, comprehensively … Read more
Germany’s largest defense company Rheinmetall has developed a concept for a tank plant in Ukraine and presented it to the federal government, company CEO Armin Papperger said in an interview with Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung on March 15. The Ukrainian government would have to approve the project before construction could begin. The facility won’t … Read more
The Ukroboronprom State Concern has begun producing 125 mm projectiles for a tank gun, the concern’s press service reports on Tuesday. “This is already the second munition, production of which was launched by the Concern’s enterprises in close partnership with a NATO country abroad,” the report says. It clarifies that, by order of the Ministry … Read more
Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation plans to launch a military tech cluster in spring 2023, using the existing Innovation Development Fund, Ukrainian media outlet Babel reported on Feb. 20. The project is aimed at supporting specialists developing military technologies. The Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, noted that this will be a platform for combining … Read more
Ukroboronprom state concern has set up mass production of 82mm mortar shells abroad, at the facilities of one of the NATO member countries, the press service reports. “It is noteworthy that the mine improved by Ukroboronprom is many times better than the standard mine. The number of deadly fragments recorded during tests on the target … Read more
The law on the transfer, expropriation or seizure of property under the legal regime of martial law or a state of emergency and the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine dated November 6 on the decision of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made … Read more
Ukraine will begin construction of a plant for the production of Bayraktar military drones and equip them with Ukrainian-made engines. Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov stated this at a briefing. “One of the examples of fulfilling this agreement will be the construction of the Bayraktar plant, which manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles. And which will be manufactured … Read more
Ukraine and Turkey have signed an agreement that will significantly expand the production of Bayraktar unmanned combat aerial vehicles in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. He stated this at a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Kyiv on Thursday, February 3. “I am confident that our talks will lead to … Read more