Ukrainian startup seeks $5M to establish the first factory for ecological battery production. SorbiForce, a Ukrainian startup, has developed a technology for producing ecological batteries with a lifespan of up to 6,000 cycles (approximately 30 years). Outside of agricultural waste, the Arizon... #EcologicalBattery #investments #SorbiForce #StartUp
Ukraine has emerged as the world’s leading producer of FPV drones, manufacturing over 2.2 million UAVs annually, with the domestic defense industry capable of producing up to 10 million units. During the Ukrainian Weapons 2024 briefing, Defense Ministry officials reported on the defense-industrial base’s rapid expansion in order to meet modern warfare’s demands. The CEO of Tenco... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #FPVdrones #HermanSmetanin #TencoreLLC #UkrainianWeapons
The Ukrainian defense industry has ramped up cruise missile production by 700%. According to Herman Smetanin, Ukraine’s minister of strategic industries, last year Ukraine was able to produce only one cruise missile – the Neptune. However, last year the state launched many ... #AlexanderKamyshin #DefenseIndustryUkraine #HermanSmetanin #NeptuneMissiles #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
Czech CSG increased its sales by 614% because of the war in Ukraine. Czechoslovak Group AS (CSG) increased its profit by 200% in 2024, driven by greater supplies to Ukraine and NATO countries. Since the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Czech com... #CzechoslovakGroup #DefenseIndustry #DefenseInvestments #KineticGroup #PorscheSE #WeaponsProduction
The US wants the EU to continue purchasing American weapons and plans to simplify export processes. The US has expressed its desire for Europe to continue acquiring American military equipment following the EU’s restrictions on American manufacturers from participating in arms tenders. Specifi... #AmericanWeapons #DonaldTrump #MarcoRubio #WeaponsExport #WeaponsPurchases
Ukraine plans to produce 30,000 long-range drones in 2025, with support from European partners through investment. Oleksandr Kamyshin, Advisor to the President of Ukraine on Strategic Issues, stated that the country has significantly increased its production of long-range UAVs and aims to manufacture 30,000 in 202... #AlexanderKamyshin #CzechRepublic #DefenseInvestments #Denmark #LongRangeWeapons #Netherlands #Sweden #UkrainianDrone
Most Ukrainian defense industry manufacturers are considering moving their operations abroad. Why? As of February, 85% of private manufacturers of weapons and military equipment (WME) are planning to relocate or have already done so, according to 34 private companies in the defense sector. The top ... #BusinessRelocation #DefenseIndustryUkraine #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
Europe, along with Ukraine, is ramping up the production of 155-mm ammunition. French defense plant Les Forges de Tarbes, which was on the brink of closure in 2021, is now running at full capacity, fulfilling orders for 155-mm artillery shells. The priority is to support Ukraine... #AmmunitionFactory #ArtilleryShells #DefenseIndustryEU #KNDS #LesForgesDeTarbes #Nammo
European defense giants urge the EC to promote the continent’s technological independence from the US. Around 100 European companies and lobby groups, including defense giants Airbus and Dassault, issued a joint letter calling on the European Commission to take measures to stimulate the development of ... #Airbus #Dassault #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #EUdefense #EuropeanCommission
Ukrainian gunsmiths increased their production by more than 200% in 2024, and will continue to grow this year. In 2024, total arms production volume in Ukraine amounted to $10B, which is 200% more than in 2023 and 900% more than in 2022. However, Ukrainian manufacturers are only operating at 30-40% of their ca... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
An Estonian arms company with production in Ukraine raises €4M, while Swedish Saab AB locates a Ukrainian partner. The Estonian defense firm Frankenburg Technologies secured €4M in investment to develop anti-aircraft missiles. The company’s market value has surged by nearly 200% and now stands at €150M. The ... #DefenseIndustry #Estonia #FrankenburgTechnologies #Radionics #Saab #Sweden #Switzerland #WeaponsProduction
US startups are collaborating with Ukrainian manufacturers to develop superior drones for the Pentagon. US defense startups have partnered with Ukrainian manufacturers to produce better, war-tested drones for the US military. The Americans have invested billions of dollars in venture capital to develop ... #CX2 #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #DefenseStartups #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #Pentagon #USdefense
Ukrainian IT exports in January dropped to their lowest level since the onset of the full-scale invasion. According to the National Bank, in January 2025 IT export volume fell by 20.7%, totaling $489M. This represented a loss of $128M for the Ukrainian economy compared to December of last year. Furthermor... #ComputerServices #ITexport #LvivITcluster #nbu #UkraineExport #UkraineITexport
Double Tap Investments has invested up to $300,000 in Ukrainian drone developer Black Forest Systems. The Finnish-Ukrainian investment company has chosen to support the Ukrainian drone startup Black Forest Systems. The specific investment amount remains undisclosed, with the typical DTI check ranging ... #BlackForestSystems #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseStartups #DoubleTapInvestments #DroneProduction #investments
German gunsmiths and the Ukrainian defense industry: Multiple German companies are planning to increase their investment in Ukraine-based production capacities. Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger gave his assurance that he will not abandon plans to invest in Ukraine, even if the war ends this year, and will build a total of three factories. The first Rheinmetall... #ArminPapperger #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #Germany #Helsing #QuantumSystems #Rheinmetall
Ukraine received 1.6 million rounds of ammunition through the Czech initiative, and Ukroboronprom is broadening its list of European partners. The Czech Republic will continue its initiative to supply Ukraine with artillery ammunition, through which Kyiv has already received 1.6 million shells. This initiative is funded at least until April,... #AmmunitionForUkraine #ArtilleryShells #DefenseIndustryUkraine #FriedrichMerz #Thales #ukroboronprom #WarinUkraine #WeibelScientific
Using drones helps Ukraine to restrain the Russian offensive despite its shortage of military personnel. In some areas along the front, the number of Russian troops exceeds those of the Ukrainian military tenfold, but the Russians cannot advance quickly because the Ukrainian defenders in these regions co... #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #FPVdrones #OleksandrSyrskyy #Pokrovsk #UkrainianDrone #WarinUkraine
Ukraine is preparing to deploy laser weapons against Russian UAVs and has significantly reduced Ukraine’s artillery disadvantage. Ukrainian mobile fire groups will soon be equipped with laser weapons to counter Russian Shahed UAVs, said Vadym Sukharevsky, Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces. Ac... #ArtilleryShells #DefenseTechnology #LaserWeapons #OleksandrSyrskyy #UkrainianDrone #WarinUkraine
Tech4Good Global Challenge #1: Energy for Ukraine. In late 2024, Tech4Good Global Challenge #1: Energy for Ukraine, a private initiative led by independent experts in tech, energy, and public sectors, launched a global search for innovative energy sol... #EnergyInnovation #energyukraine #Tech4GoodChallenge
Without sufficient government orders, private Ukrainian arms manufacturers operated at only 37% of capacity last year, while the Danish model works perfectly. Last year, private arms manufacturers could have produced another 1.7 million drones and electronic warfare systems but lacked government contracts. These enterprises possess the ability to produce 4,... #DanishModel #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine has made a significant advancement in the digitalization of international trade: How will exports be impacted? Ukraine has officially joined the international ePhyto Solution system (Electronic Phytosanitary Certificate System), enabling the exchange of electronic phytosanitary certificates with 124 countries ... #agroexportukraine #digitalization #digitaltrade #ePhyto #PhytosanitaryStandards #UkraineExport
The US will send missiles for the Patriot system from Israel to Ukraine, and the Ministry of Defense has begun production of licensed FPV drones. The US plans to transfer dozens of missiles for the Patriot air defense systems from Israel to Ukraine. This week, US aircraft transported about 90 interceptor missiles from Israel to Poland, from whi... #Croatia #FPVdrones #GiorgiaMeloni #Israel #Italy #PatriotMissiles
Ukrainian graphite is being tested for use in lithium-ion batteries. BGV Group has completed laboratory and semi-industrial tests on the additional purification of graphite to battery quality, 99.99% purity, and the subsequent production of spherical graphite (SPG). Th... #ATBmarket #Beryllium #BGV #Graphite #investments #LithiumIonBatteries #Metso
The Ukrainian defense industry attracted $1.5B in 2024, 33% of which was provided through the Danish model. The ZBROYARI Manufacturing Freedom initiative attracted more than $1.5B to the Ukrainian defense industry in 2024. Most of these funds fell in the last quarter of the year, the Ministry of Strategic I... #BohdanaSPG #DanishModel #DefenseIndustryUkraine #WeaponsProduction #ZBROYARI
Ukraine’s largest mobile operator plans to buy the Uklon taxi service and aims to become the biggest domestic IT investor. Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, Kyivstar, is discussing the possibility of acquiring Uklon, which has developed an online platform for ordering transportation and delivery. The price to purch... #investments #ITinvestment #KyivStar #Taxi #Uklon
Two Ukrainian defense startups in the fields of robotics and communications have attracted scaling investments. The Nezlamni Fund, created by the co-founders of Uklon, has invested in developing Frontline, which develops and produces robotic systems. The investment amount was not disclosed, but it is within the... #DefenseTechnology #Frontline #Himera #investments #Nezlamni #Uklon
While Ukraine seeks €18B in defense investment, the allies plan to discuss its security guarantees. In 2025, the Ukrainian defense industry’s production potential could reach €34B, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said at the annual conference of the European Defense Agency. He noted that this r... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #OlafScholz #RustemUmerov #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine
The manufacturer of Leopard tanks and other weapons has formed a joint venture with a Ukrainian company. Minister for Strategic Industries Herman Smetanin announced the official opening of a joint venture between KMW (KNDS Deutschland) and a Ukrainian defense enterprise. The newly created company will sp... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #HermanSmetanin #KNDS #LeopardBattleTanks #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine has learned to intercept a new Russian Shahed model and is creating a missile to counter the Oreshnik. Ukrainian air defense systems recently intercepted a new type of Shahed drone marked with a “Ъ.” Russia is believed to have introduced its fourth series of Iranian-designed drones and achi... #AirDefenseSystems #AntiDroneSystems #OleksandrSyrskyy #Oreshnik #ShahedDrones #UkrainianWeapons
The US secretly invested $1.5B in the production of Ukrainian drones. The US secretly allocated $1.5B in the Ukrainian drone industry’s development. The Biden administration declassified this data as part of the publication of documents detailing military aid to U... #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #JakeSullivan #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
EU countries plan to increase defense spending; Germany is confident that US aid to Ukraine will not decrease. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has called for an increase in defense spending by at least €30B. “After the special fund is exhausted, we will need at least €85B from 2028,” he sai... #BorisPistorius #DefenseSpending #EUdefense #Germany #Lithuania #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Poland #WarinUkraine
A startup that counters disinformation campaigns raises $1.6M and plans to scale. Ukrainian startup LetsData, which uses artificial intelligence to detect disinformation campaigns, has raised $1.6M in a pre-seed round led by SMOK Ventures, with participation from Wayra, Tilia Impac... #ArtificialIntelligence #CountersDisinformation #LetsData #SMOKVentures #StartUp #StartUpinvestments #UkrainianStartUps
Five EU countries have created a working group to develop joint defense enterprises with Ukraine. After a meeting with his colleagues from Poland, France, Italy, and Britain, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius noted that European arms manufacturers will only benefit if they utilize free produ... #BorisPistorius #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Ramstein #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine might hold the tank advantage over Russia for the first time since 2022. For the first time since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, Ukrainian troops might have an advantage in tanks, although only in certain sections of the front. The main reason for th... #BattleTanks #Kursk #UkrainianDrone #UkrainianWeapons #WarinUkraine
Ukraine and Denmark summed up the results of their cooperation under the Danish model: Ukraine’s Armed Forces have already received weapons worth €538M. In 2024, Ukraine and Denmark successfully implemented cooperation under the Danish model of financing in the Ukrainian defense industry. The primary sources of financing include: €125M from Denmark th... #BohdanaSPG #DanishModel #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Denmark #Norway #UkrainianWeapons
Ukrainian factories are manufacturing components for Croatian demining machines. The Ministry of Economy has reported that Ukrainian company A3tech-Ukraine is manufacturing the working body for demining machines for Croatian company DOK-ING. The localization level for machines has... #A3tech-Ukraine #Croatia #DeminingMachine #DeminingUkraine #DOK-ING
The Ukrainian cybersecurity market has grown to $138M and will increase by another 50%. The Ukrainian cybersecurity market’s volume has grown by 300% over the past eight years, and in 2024 it amounted to $138B and will grow by another 50% over the next five years to reach $209M. Th... #CyberAttack #CyberSecurity #CyberSecurityUkraine #Technology #UkrainianMarket
Ukraine will attract $1B this year through the Danish model of arms procurement. Ukraine will develop the Danish model, according to which partners purchase weapons from the Ukrainian defense industry for the needs of the Ukrainian military, and this program is expected to attract... #DanishModel #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
A historical precedent: Wind overtakes gas in UK electricity generation. For the first time in history, wind turbines provide more electricity in the UK than gas-fired power stations. Last year, wind power accounted for 29% of the country’s total energy mix, while gas-fire... #gaselectricity #GreatBritain #RenewableEnergy #WindEnergy
The Ukrainian military-industrial complex’s capacity increased by 500% in one year. In 2024, the government invested over ₴39B ($1B) in weapons production, allowing for an increase in the capacity of the domestic military-industrial complex by 500%, the Cabinet of Ministers reported.... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction #Zelenskyy
What further defensive support have Ukraine’s partners promised? In January next year, the UK and its partners will supply Ukraine with thousands of combat drones as part of the Maritime and Drone Capability Coalitions. Britain will also continue training Ukrainian... #dronestoUkraine #F16 #IRIS-T #JohnHealey #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PalyanytsyaMissileDrone #UkrainianSoldiersTraining
Piraeus Bank sponsored the War & Politics Live event in Kyiv: What the Future Holds for Ukraine in 2025. On December 13, the UBN Network hosted an event titled “WAR & POLITICS: POST US ELECTIONS – WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR UKRAINE.” As the general sponsor of UBN’s series of ev... #JohnHerbst #LiveEventKyiv #PiraeusBank #PiraeusBankUkraine #UBNliveIvent #UBNnetwork #ukrainebusinessnews #WarandPoliticsLiveEvent
Ukraine will spend 10 times more on its defense than NATO countries in 2025; the EU is not ready for war with Russia. Next year, Ukraine will spend about 25% of its GDP on defense, which is 900% more than European NATO allies’ average, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said during a keynote speech in Brussels. ... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseSpending #MarkRutte #NATO #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine is developing its own long-range weapons to counter Russia and is testing new missiles. The Ukrainian government is preparing for a reduction in Western military aid next year and is trying to increase its domestic weapons production capacity. The emphasis is on weapon systems that can p... #HellMissileDrone #LongRangeMissiles #NeptuneMissiles #PalyanytsyaMissileDrone #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
Private arms manufacturers say there are no government orders for 2025 to load existing capacities. In Ukraine, 75% of 31 private companies in the defense-industrial complex said they are not negotiating to conclude any government weapons contracts for 2025. Only 19% of manufacturers have transition... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #DenysShmyhal #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine has narrowed the artillery gap with Russia and will soon gain a technological advantage. The Russian military has lost almost its entire advantage in the number of artillery shells it is able to fire over Ukraine in recent months due to production restrictions and Ukrainian strikes on amm... #ArtilleryShells #Starlink #Starshield #WarinUkraine
Drone maker Helsing has become one of Europe’s most valuable startups. Helsing, valued at €5B, has become one of Europe’s most valuable startups, thanks to a surge in demand for drones and software for drones and fighter jets amid the war in Ukraine. The company ha... #ArtificialIntelligence #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #Germany #Helsing
Ukrainian IT exports may decline by 6% this year. The decline in exports of Ukrainian IT services continues. Even under an optimistic scenario, by the end of 2024 the decrease in volume will be at least 4% compared to last year, and this figure could... #ITexport #LvivITcluster #UkraineEconomy #UkraineExport #UkraineITexport #UkrainianITcompany
Europe is funding Ukrainian weapon production due to its capacity constraints. European allies, struggling to produce enough weapons for Kyiv’s war effort, are taking a new approach: giving Ukrainians money to do it themselves. Under the new approach, Europeans are funding gover... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #Denmark #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine is developing ballistic missiles and could use them soon. The WSJ noted that Ukraine is actively building rockets capable of striking deep behind enemy lines. Most of the program’s details are being kept secret, but Ukrainian officials have previously ... #AlexanderKamyshin #BallisticMissiles #DefenseIndustryRussia #DefenseTechnology #NeptuneMissiles #WeaponsProduction
