Ukraine could have earned over $2B from arms exports last year. Ukrainian gunmakers are prepared to export surplus products to partner countries, but they need permission from the state, said Kateryna Mykhalko, executive director of the Technological Forces of Ukr... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #UkrainianDrone #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsExport
Defense experts outline possible conditions for the export of Ukrainian defense industry products. Ihor Fomenko, the General Director of the Defense Division of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine, stated that several options for exporting Ukrainian defense products are currently being considere... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsExport #WeaponsProduction
The Cabinet of Ministers is preparing to allow the export of defense products in May: What are the scenarios that are being envisioned for manufacturers? The Ukrainian government may permit the export of defense products as early as May, and work on this has been ongoing for several months. Government sources say that the president has already approved... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsExport
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are more than tripling the number of its remotely operated troops. Anticipating further issues with US military assistance, the Ukrainian Army is significantly expanding their unmanned systems and drone usage to compensate for the lack of heavier weaponry. Announced ... #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #UkrainianArmedForces #UkrainianDrone #WarinUkraine
Brave1 demonstrates the state’s support for defense technology. Over the past two years of the Brave1 technology cluster’s operation, more than 1,500 developers have joined, and have registered over 3,500 technological solutions according to Brave1 COO, Nata... #Brave1 #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #NatalyaKushnerska #UkrainianWeapons
Private investment in Ukrainian defense technologies soared by 900% in one year but there is still not enough capital. According to the Ukrainian Council of Gunsmiths, this sector experienced remarkable growth in 2024, surging by 900% compared to 2023, with estimates ranging from $35M to $50M. This demonstrates that U... #DefenseInvestments #DefenseStartups #DefenseTechnology #GreenFlagVentures #M-FLY #Osavul #Swarmer
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
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
Where foreign capital will invest into Ukraine depends on the war. The President of the Kyiv School of Economics, Tymofiy Mylovanov, outlined three possible scenarios for the development of events on the front that will determine the dynamics of future foreign invest... #agroUkraine #CriticalMetals #DefenseTechnology #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineRecovery
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
The US should invest $10B in the Ukrainian defense industry to change the situation on the front and strengthen its defense. The Ukrainian-American defense accelerator MITS has calculated that $10B invested in the Ukrainian defense industry can significantly change the situation on the battlefield, create a strategic bridge... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #MITS #WeaponsProduction
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
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
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
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
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
Ukrainian companies take the lead in applying for international tenders within the Drone Coalition. Ukrainian manufacturers have become the leaders in the number of applications for international tenders to produce interceptor drones through the Drone Coalition, submitting 32% of the total. In advan... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #DroneCoalition #DroneProduction #NEDS
Ukraine has begun mass production of EW-resistant drones and developed four types of missiles. Ukrainian attack drone companies plan to increase their production of inexpensive and effective kamikaze drones that are not affected by Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems to an industrial scale ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already received one million drones, and next year this number will increase significantly. In 2024, a million drones have already been delivered to the front, and 96% of them are Ukrainian-made, the Ministry of Digital Transformation reports. Brave1 defense cluster participants have already... #Brave1 #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseSpending #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #UkrainianWeapons
American fund Green Flag Ventures is ready to finance up to six Ukrainian startups in the first half of 2025. The American founders of Green Flag Ventures, Justin Zeefe, and Deborah Fairlamb, invest in Ukrainian defense startups with checks ranging from $100,000 to approximately $1.2M. By the end of 2024, the... #AstraNav #DeborahFairlamb #DefenseTechnology #GreenFlagVentures #Himera #investments #JustinZeefe #KaraDag #Swarmer
A Ukrainian developer of EW-resistant military communication systems receives funds for scaling, and defense startups attract $25M in foreign investment. A Ukrainian developer of communication systems, Himera, received an investment from the Nezlamni fund. Although the amount is undisclosed, it is within the standard range of the fund’s $100,000 ... #ArtificialIntelligence #Brave1 #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #Himera #Nezlamni #Swarmer
The Russian-Ukrainian war forces defense companies to actively invest in laser weapons to counter UAVs. Leading defense companies such as RTX in the US, MBDA in the EU, and QinetiQ in the UK have begun to invest heavily in developing low-cost, high-energy laser weapons to combat UAVs. During the war in ... #DefenseTechnology #DragonFire #LaserWeapons #MBDA #QinetiQ #RTX
Investment in Ukrainian defense startups may reach $50M this year. According to a study by the KSE and Brave1, in 2023 Ukrainian defense startups attracted up to $5M in investment; in 2024 the amount may reach $50M. The average investment round size increased from $5... #Brave1 #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction
Brave1 defense cluster participants have already received $8M in grants from the state. According to Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, companies registered on the Brave1 platform have already received $8M in grants from the state to develop their technological startups... #Brave1 #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #Grants #MykhailoFedorov
Borrell calls Russian aggression against Ukraine an existential threat to the EU and for investment in defense technologies. EU High Representative Josep Borrell noted that Russia’s aggressive war is seen as an existential threat to the EU. Therefore, the determination of joint borrowing to finance Ukrainian military ... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #JosepBorrell #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
The US increases its share of European defense startup venture capital by 200%, but Poland takes the lead in European security. Against the backdrop of surging global conflict, US investors provided more than 65% of venture capital investment in European defense technology in 2024, compared to 18% last year. According to Dealr... #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #EdwardLucas #EUdefense #NATO #Poland
Europe will increase its defense investment sharply in 2024 in response to Russian aggression. European venture capitalists plan to invest $1B in defense technology by the end of 2024, which is 400% more than in 2018, as a result of Russian aggression in Ukraine. According to Dealroom, venture ... #DefenseIndustry #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #EUdefense #NATO
Umerov presents the Ukrainian defense industry’s achievements: drones, missiles, and ammunition. Over the past year, more than $4B of Ukrainian arms were produced, and every second piece of ammunition on the front is Ukrainian made. In 2023, the Ukrainian share of ammunition was 18%, and in 2024,... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #RustemUmerov #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
The EU Defense Innovation Office opens in Kyiv; Umerov explains how Ukraine has become a defense tech center. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and EC President Ursula von der Leyen opened the EU Defense Innovation Office in Ukraine. The minister said that special attention will be paid to joint developments in ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInnovationOffice #DefenseTechnology #RustemUmerov #UrsulavonderLeyen
A Ukrainian military tech start-up that uses AI to automate drone attacks has attracted $2.7M from US funds. Ukrainian start-up Swarmer, which uses AI technology called Styx that controls drones in a swarm, has attracted $2.7M in investments from R-G.AI, Radius Capital Ventures, Green Flag Ventures, and D3 V... #ArtificialIntelligence #DefenseStartups #DefenseTechnology #R-G.AI #StartUpinvestments #Swarmer
Which Ukrainian defense tech niches are most attractive for investors? At the end of 2023, the Ukrainian defense industry was estimated at $3B. In 2024, this figure may increase to more than $5B; a notable part of this total is the defense tech segment. Domestic manufact... #Brave1 #D3VentureCapital #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #GreenFlagVentures #investments
Ukraine is building underground factories to produce weapons and developing cheap means of combating drones. President Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is creating underground weapon production plants that will be able to provide the Armed Forces in the event of a delay in military aid from Western partners. At t... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Green Flag Ventures invests in a Ukrainian manufacturer of tactical military communication systems. The American investment fund Green Flag Ventures has invested in Himera, a manufacturer of military radios that are being actively used in combat conditions, providing communication in the most comple... #DefenseStartups #DefenseTechnology #GreenFlagVentures #Himera #StartUpinvestments
American investors made the first investments of $200,000 in several Ukrainian defense startups. A defense startup accelerator launched by MITS and American University Kyiv has completed its first program for Ukrainian mil-tech startups, providing participants $200,000 each. The direct investment... #DefenseStartups #DefenseTechnology #investments #LockheedMartin #MITS #UkrainianStartUP
A Ukrainian manufacturer of electronic warfare technology has invested $500,000 in a unique anti-drone technology with AI. Since early 2024, the Kvertus company has been developing EW systems that will operate noiselessly and will be able to plant AI-enhanced drones. Currently, Russian drones with machine vision are not ... #ArtificialIntelligence #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #ElectronicWarfareTechnology #Kvertus #WeaponsExport #WeaponsProduction
What is required for US defense companies to operate in Ukraine? Several US defense companies are considering starting joint production with Ukrainian enterprises inside Ukraine. The Pentagon is actively encouraging US defense contractors to engage in this cooperat... #AmmunitionFactory #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #NorthropGrumman #Pentagon #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine can replace Russia in many European market segments, particularly in pharmaceutical exports. According to NBU analysts, Ukrainian producers can replace the supply of goods and services from Russia and fill the EU market with the necessary finished products or raw materials. Prospective ways o... #DefenseTechnology #EUmarket #PharmaceuticalCompany #UkraineExport #UkrainianMetalExport
Investors are increasingly investing in Ukrainian military tech projects. In 2023, the venture fund D3, with tech billionaire Eric Schmidt, was virtually the only investor in the Ukrainian defense industry. But this year, Ukrainian military tech has received a lot of attent... #BuntarAerospace #D3VentureCapital #DefenseInvestments #DefenseTechnology #EricSchmidt #ForeignInvestor #RagnarSass #TAFdrones
A Ukrainian company has invested $3.5M in the production of UAVs in Slovakia. Oleksandr Stepura, the founder of Skyeton, which manufactures ACS-3 (Raybird-3) reconnaissance systems, said that Raybird drones began to be manufactured in Slovakia this spring. The Raybird has been ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #Raybird3 #Skyeton #Slovakia
Ukrainian drones are mining the waters near Crimea, and Britain is testing anti-drone weapons for $0.12. Ukrainian Sea Baby maritime drones are equipped with new technology to mine the waters. So far, Ukrainian drones have laid about 15 underwater mines in the waters near temporarily occupied Crimea. To ... #AntiDroneTechnology #Crimea #DefenseTechnology #MaritimeDrones #SeaBaby #Thales #WarinUkraine
NATO will expand its defense cooperation with Ukraine and share intelligence. NATO plans to expand cooperation with Ukraine in defense technologies and share additional intelligence data to combat Russia in cyber security. The agreement is planned to be finalized before the All... #CyberSecurity #DefenseTechnology #NATO #WarinUkraine
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
A Ukrainian FPV drone manufacturer is launching the Defense Tech Innovation Hub to accelerate the implementation of innovations at the front. The Innovation Hub from TAF Drones is designed to minimize the time between the development of promising technologies and their implementation on the front. According to estimates, the number of promi... #DefenseInnovations #DefenseTechnology #DroneProduction #InnovationHub #TAFdrones
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
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
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
The EU presents a new defense strategy project: A plan to carry out up to 50% of defense purchases within the bloc. The EU plans to minimize purchases of military goods from outside the EU by 2035 to ensure that 30% to 50% of the EU defense market’s trade is conducted within the Union. Mechanisms will also be devel... #DefenseProjects #DefenseTechnology #EUdefense #WeaponsProduction
