Historic moment: what did Ukraine and the US agree on within the 10-year security agreement? Kyiv and Washington signed a bilateral security agreement in which the US undertakes long-term commitments aimed at supporting Ukraine’s efforts to win the war and deter possible military aggres... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATO #SecurityAgreement #SupportUkraine
Denmark will be the first NATO country to invest in the production of Ukrainian weapons; with the Netherlands, Ukraine will finance domestic defense companies. The head of the Ministry of Defense, Rustem Umerov, announced that Denmark will invest in the production of weapons in Ukraine during a meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine in the Ramste... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #KajsaOllongren #Ramstein #RustemUmerov #TroelsLundPoulsen #WeaponsProduction
The newly created Finnish-Ukrainian venture fund, Double Tap, will invest in Ukrainian defense startups. The Finnish-Ukrainian investment company Double Tap Investments announced a decision to invest in Ukrainian defense technology startups. Double Tap Investments is an investment company based in Finlan... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseStartups #DoubleTapInvestments #Finland
A Canadian manufacturer of armored vehicles is investing tens of millions of dollars in a new Ukrainian enterprise. According to Roman Shimonov, CEO of the Canadian Roshel company, the decision to open a company in Ukraine has already been made. The company expects to invest “tens of millions of dollars”... #armoredvehicles #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #Roshel #SenatorArmoredVehicles
Sweden will provide Ukraine with €6.5B under a security agreement and consider transferring Gripen aircraft. A security agreement signed on May 31 between Ukraine and Sweden will provide Kyiv with SEK 75B (€6.5B) in military aid, and it also stipulates the prospect of transferring JAS 39 Gripen aircraft to U... #ASC890 #DefenseIndustryUkraine #GripenAircraft #SecurityAgreement #SupportUkraine #Sweden #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukrainian munitions manufacturers will achieve a 25% profit, and France’s €200M grant will be used for defense needs. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that the government has approved a resolution establishing a profit margin of up to 25% of their cost for domestic ammunition manufacturers. He noted the success... #ArtilleryShells #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #France #WeaponsProduction
Ukrainian defense enterprises are eligible to receive up to ₴2M in grant funds for new military projects. Ukrainian military equipment and defense system developers can now apply for grants of ₴500,000, ₴1M, or even ₴2M to implement their initiatives. Funding will be provided through the Brave1 grant prog... #Brave1 #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseStartups #GrantsForStartups #WeaponsProduction
How do forced power outages affect the Ukrainian military industry? Power outages in Ukraine caused by Russian shelling not only create discomfort for the civilian population but also complicate the production of weapons, writes the New York Times. This slows producti... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #ElectricityDeficitUkraine #energyukraine #Ukrenergo
The Brave1 defense cluster has united 1,600 developments from 1,000 Ukrainian manufacturers and provided $3M in grants. The Brave1 defense technology cluster, created a year ago, has significantly accelerated the appearance of new technology at the front, the Ministry of Digital Transformation reported. The clusterR... #Brave1 #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #NatalyaKushnerska #WeaponsProduction
Denmark provides Ukraine with €750M in military aid for air defense, artillery, investments in military defense, and the transfer of F16s. The Danish government provided Ukraine with a DKK 5.6B (€750M) military aid package, with half of this amount used to strengthen Ukrainian air defense. This support from Denmark also includes maintena... #AirDefenseSystems #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenmarkSupportUkraine #F16 #LarsLückeRasmussen #MilitaryAidforUkraine #TroelsLundPoulsen
The US announces $2B in aid for investments in the Ukrainian defense industry and is preparing to sign a security agreement. The US will allocate an additional $2B in military funding to Ukraine, State Secretary Antony Blinken said at a briefing with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv. Blinken noted that suppo... #AnthonyBlinken #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DmytroKuleba #SecurityAgreement #SupportUkraine #USmilitaryAid
Ukraine has built an underground network of weapon factories; Magura drones have caused $500M in losses to the Russian fleet. The Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine has built a classified network of underground factories to produce weapons, and defense enterprises were moved underground due to large-scale destructio... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #MaguraV5 #NeptuneMissiles #Stugna #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine has proposed three initiatives to attract EU funds to strengthen its defense industry. Minister of Strategic Industry Oleksandr Kamyshin said that Ukraine seeks to attract additional funds from the EU to strengthen its arms industry and implement additional production facilities unrelat... #AlexanderKamyshin #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EDIP #EuropeanPeaceFund #RussianAssetsProfits #WeaponsProduction
Foreign investors in Ukraine are most interested in the defense sector, which has export potential. Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko said foreign investors are most interested in developing the Ukrainian defense industry. “Because everyone understands that Ukraine is a great field for test... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #InvestmentsinUkraine #RobertaMetsola #YuliyaSvyridenko
Ukraine has equaled Russia’s ability to manufacture Shahed drone analogs. General Director of Ukroboronprom Herman Smetanin stated: “In 2024, Ukraine will catch up with the Russian Federation in the production of kamikaze drones similar to the Shahed-131 and Shahed-13... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #HermanSmetanin #KamikazeDrones #ukroboronprom
Ukraine will produce ammunition according to NATO standards and can produce $10 billion more worth of additional weapons this year. Ukroboronprom enterprises are gradually switching to the production of ammunition in NATO calibers, particularly 60-mm mortar mines, General Director of the Ukrainian Defense Industry Herman Smetanin ... #AlexanderKamyshin #AmmunitionFactory #DefenseIndustryUkraine #HermanSmetanin #NATOstandards #ukroboronprom #WeaponsProduction
The EU will buy weapons for Ukraine’s military from Ukrainian manufacturers. EU states will purchase weapons for the Defense Forces of Ukraine from Ukrainian manufacturers through the European Peace Facility, said Minister of Strategic Industry Oleksandr Kamyshin after the Ukr... #AlexanderKamyshin #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EDIP #EuropeanPeaceFund #Kosovo #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
How Ukraine’s military economy will grow: the government’s forecast. Despite the war, the Ukrainian economy will grow by approximately 4.6% in 2024, although Russian missile attacks may worsen this indicator, said Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko at the Kyiv Invest... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #GDPinUkraine #UkraineDevelopment #UkraineEconomicForecast #UkraineEconomy #YuliyaSvyridenko
Ukraine is increasing long-range drone production to 500 units per month, and the state is increasing funding by ₴15.5B. Ukraine is increasing its production of long-range drones, which should help the Armed Forces bypass restrictions on the use of weapons obtained from Western countries for strikes on Russian territory... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #UkrainianDrone #UkrainianWeapons #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will direct $1.6B of US funds for the purchase of domestic weapons and will order hundreds of German Vector UAVs. As reported by the parliamentary committee on foreign policy, of the planned $60.8B in aid to Ukraine allocated by the US, $1.6B is planned to be spent on purchasing Ukrainian-produced weapons. Consid... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #QuantumSystems #USmilitaryAid #VectorDrones #WeaponsUkraine
The drone coalition has collected almost €500M for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and Ukraine is seeking foreign customers for its domestic defense industry. The Latvian-initiated drone coalition has raised almost €500M to purchase drones for the military. Denmark and the Netherlands announced a €400M joint drone purchase, Canada – €70M, Latvia ̵... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #DronesCoalition #dronestoUkraine
A German company will open a second defense plant in Ukraine, and the Netherlands is allocating €200M for air defense and artillery shells. German UAV manufacturer Quantum-Systems will open a second drone production facility in Ukraine with a capacity of up to 1,000 UAVs per year, including the production of spare parts. The manufacturer ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #MilitaryAidforUkraine #QuantumSystems #WarinUkraine
Ukraine has increased its production of Bohdana self-propelled guns to 10 per month. This signals that the Ukrainian defense industry is ready to enter foreign markets. In April, the Ukrainian defense industry will produce 10 self-propelled Bohdana artillery systems for the first time, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “The share of our own production is cons... #BohdanaSPG #DefenseIndustryUkraine #TarasChmut #WeaponsProduction #Zelenskyy
Ukraine has only $6B of budget funds for defense purchases. In 2024, Ukraine has $6B to purchase weapons, particularly from domestic manufacturers, said Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries. As he clarified, the entire defense budget for the cu... #AlexanderKamyshin #DefenseIndustryUkraine #UkraineDefensePurchases #WeaponsforUkraine #WeaponsUkraine
Ukraine launches an accelerator for military startups. The Defence Builder Accelerator program was launched for startups that are interested in creating innovative solutions with military applications and who are also ready to develop projects at the mili... #DefenceBuilderAccelerator #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseStartups #DefenseTechnology #investments
American investors are interested in Ukraine’s defense, but there are conditions. Ukraine has a good chance of attracting investment from the US and other developed countries. These processes have already begun and are actively continuing, said Vladyslav Belbas, general director of... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineMilitaryIndustry #UkrainianArmoredVehicles #VladyslavBelbas
Ukraine is massively increasing its weapons production to fight back against Russia. Ukraine needs every advantage to repel Russia from its territory, and one such factor is the small but fast-growing Ukrainian defense industry, into which the government is pouring money. These effort... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Kyiv plans to build a cutting-edge defense enterprise to produce drones. A facility will be built in the Ukrainian capital – a utility company that will be subordinate to the Kyiv City Administration and be engaged in drone production. The company’s authorized ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #KyivInvestment
The government is simultaneously preparing two new financial support mechanisms for Ukrainian arms manufacturers. Ukraine’s military-industrial complex currently consists of 500 defense companies, 80% of which are private. Before the full-scale war began, private companies occupied 20% of the market. In 2023, Ukr... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #oschadbank #UkraineMilitaryIndustry
Ukraine is calling on its Western allies to finance its domestic arms production. According to the FT, Kyiv’s recently increased production capacity significantly exceeds the funds available to place orders. “The fastest way to start production is to do it in Ukraine. We are ... #AlexanderKamyshin #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #UkrainianDrone #WeaponsProduction
France is planning joint production of weapons with Ukraine and could send its army to Ukraine, but only under certain conditions. The Minister of Defense of France, Sebastien Lecornu, said that strategic partnerships are being prepared between French and Ukrainian defense enterprises to facilitate cooperation in the production o... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Delair #EmmanuelMacron #FranceMilitaryAid #NATOsoldiers #NexterKNDS #SébastienLecornu #WarinUkraine
What will the EU’s new defense and industrial strategy give Ukraine? Integration and support of the Ukrainian defense industry have become one of the goals of the European Defense Industrial Strategy (EDIS). As reported by the Ministry of Strategic Industries, the stra... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #EDIP #EUdefense
Ukraine will open five joint defense enterprises with Western manufacturers. According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, “We are cooperating very fruitfully with the leaders of the world’s arms production. We can already talk about five signed contracts and five joi... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
The EU plans to include Ukraine in the bloc’s defense industry support scheme with a separate budget of €1.5B. The EC plans to propose Ukraine’s membership in the EU defense industry support scheme. This will both incorporate Kyiv’s experience and bring Ukraine closer to EU membership. It is noted ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EDIP #EUdefense #EuropeanIntegration #WeaponsProduction
“Ukraine. Year 2024” Forum highlights. These are the main statements made by President Zelenskyy’s government on February 25. Ukrainian-made drones account for 90% of all UAVs used on the front. Ukraine will reach its production goal of o... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #UkraineYear2024 #VictoryStrategy #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukraine has increased its drone production by 900% in six months and is preparing to mass-produce analogs of Russian Lancets. Ukraine is actively increasing the production of drones, which find a wide range of applications – from replacing artillery shells, which are in short supply, to striking ships of the Russian Bl... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #UkrainianDrone
Ukraine will help the EU develop a strategy for the European defense-industrial complex. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, reminded listeners that the EU countries have collectively transferred over €28B in military aid to Ukraine and helped train more than 4... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseProjects #EUdefense #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsProduction
Ukrainian manufacturers have increased drone production 100 times. Today, the state can contract 67 variants of Ukrainian drones that have passed the admission procedures. In 2022, there were only seven of them. Currently, 200 companies related to the production of d... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneArmy #DroneProduction #UkrainianDrone
The EU will create a military aid fund for Ukraine in a few days, and Hungary has agreed to finance non-lethal defense aid. The EU plans to form a €5B military aid fund for Ukraine in 2024 as part of the European Peace Fund, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said. “We discussed the situation on the battlefield, th... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EuropeanPeaceFund #JosepBorrell #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PeterSijarto #WarinUkraine
Ukraine is building its military power at the end of the war’s second year. Last year, Ukraine significantly scaled up its UAV production. Notably, 67 models of Ukrainian drones received codification, and 58 received a state contract. In total, more than 200 Ukrainian compani... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #QuantumSystems #VladyslavBelbas
Ukraine is betting on joint weapons production in its territory, and the EU promises to produce 1.3 million shells by the end of the year. Ukraine is interested in creating joint production facilities with Western defense companies and its defense industry, said Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Gavryliuk. “Now our private... #AmmunitionForUkraine #DefenseIndustryUkraine #ThierryBreton #WeaponsProduction
The state will focus on launching joint defense enterprises with Western companies and developing industrial parks. In 2024, Ukraine aims to create joint defense enterprises with Western companies and localize the production of weapons, demining equipment, and other military equipment, Minister of Economy Yulia Svy... #DefenseEnterprises #DefenseIndustryUkraine #IndustrialPark #UkraineEconomy #YuliyaSvyridenko
A German arms company will open a repair plant in Ukraine, and Sweden allocates $5M to the NATO fund for Ukraine. German MP Marcus Faber said that German defense company Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft (FFG) has started constructing a service center for armored vehicles in Ukraine. According to him, deployin... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #FFG #GermanyMilitaryAid #MarcusFaber #WarinUkraine
Germany hands over Skynex, Marder, and shells, and Ukraine will scale up its production of anti-drone systems. Last week, Germany handed over another package of military aid, including a Skynex air defense system with ammunition, missiles for the IRIS-T SLM air defense system, ammunition for Leopard 2 A6 tanks... #AntiDroneSystems #DefenseIndustryUkraine #GermanyMilitaryAid #Marder #MykhailoFedorov #Skynex
The US has named the priority weapon for future aid to Ukraine and plans to focus on developing the Ukrainian defense industry. The representative of the National Security Council of the White House, John Kirby, called the strengthening of Ukraine’s air defense a priority in the future military aid that Washington is rea... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #JohnKirby #MatthewMiller #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine has significantly reduced the need for external financing and plans to increase its weapon production. Ukraine’s foreign funding needs in 2024 will amount to more than $37B, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. According to him, in 2023 Ukraine attracted $42.6B in external financing, 27%... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #financialaidforUkraine #UkraineBudget2024 #WeaponsProduction
The Ukrainian military-industrial complex can increase production by 500% in 2024. Ukrainian defense enterprises increased output by 200% in 2023, and in 2024, there is a potential to increase it by another 500%, said Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine. ... #AlexanderKamyshin #DefenseIndustryUkraine #UkraineMilitaryIndustry #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine will produce Western IFVs and Russia disrupts a purchase contract for fighter jets. The largest private Ukrainian arms producer is working on manufacturing components and assembling the Spanish-Austrian ASCOD IFV under license, said Vladyslav Belbas, director of Ukrainian Armored Veh... #ASCOD #DefenseIndustryUkraine #IFVpruduction #VladyslavBelbas
The US is preparing its last military aid package, while Italy extends its support through 2024. The White House is preparing the last military aid package for Ukraine, to be delivered at the end of the year. After that, the White House will have no funds for additional aid and will have to wait ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PatriotSystems #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine will produce 155-mm projectiles jointly with two American companies, and the US will transfer all Vampire complexes and APKWS systems. Ukraine has agreed with two leading American companies on the joint production of 155 mm ammunition, said Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleksandr Kamyshin. According to him, developing p... #AlexanderKamyshin #AmmunitionFactory #APKWS #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Vampire #WeaponsProduction
