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
The Ukrainian Parliament supports allowing arms exports, emphasizing the need for increased governmental support for exporters. Danylo Hetmantsev, the head of the parliamentary finance committee, argues that resuming military product exports would achieve four objectives: Attract additional financial resources from foreign cli... #DanyloHetmantsev #DefenseIndustryUkraine #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsExport #WeaponsProduction
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 EU has a proposal to double military aid to Ukraine if Trump fails to persuade Putin to conclude peace. EU Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius stated that the US and the EU currently allocate about €40B annually for military assistance to Ukraine. He believes these funds could be used mo... #AndriusKubilius #DefenseIndustryUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkrainianWeapons #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
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
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
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
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
Ukraine will receive additional 155-millimeter ammunition and long-range GLSDBs, and the Neptune missile is capable of striking targets at 1,000 kilometers. According to President Zelenskyy, Ukraine has signed an agreement with international partners to purchase 155-millimeter artillery shells and has already completed payment. He also highlighted a signi... #ArtilleryShells #GLSDB #LongRangeMissiles #MilitaryAid #NeptuneMissiles #UkrainianWeapons #Zelenskyy
Ukraine plans to allocate ₴739B for weapons procurement in 2025, focusing on a transition to long-term contracts. This year, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced a historic budget of at least ₴739B ($17.5B) for Ukraine’s weapons production and procurement program. He highlighted that the emphasis will be ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #LongRangeMissiles #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
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 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
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
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
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
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
Ukraine has increased missile production and is preparing a financial basis for developing the domestic defense industry. Internal investment in weapons production and involving partners will form a reliable financial basis for the further development of the Ukrainian defense-industrial complex, President Zelenskyy said ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #NeptuneMissiles #RustemUmerov #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction #Zelenskyy
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
Ukraine has increased its annual arms production to $30B but has only $10B to purchase weapons for the military. Ukrainian enterprises that comprise the defense-industrial complex can annually manufacture products with a total value of $30B, Minister of Strategic Industries Herman Smetanin said. Ukraine has alre... #AlexanderKamyshin #DefenseIndustryUkraine #HermanSmetanin #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
Ukraine has developed and plans to produce air defenses and ballistic missiles soon. Kyiv can start making its own ballistic and cruise missiles as early as the middle of 2025, said Director of the state enterprise Spetstechnoexport, Oleksiy Petrov. According to him, flight tests of U... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #SpetsTechnoExport #Thales #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine will receive about $5B to produce drones; the opening of defense product exports is under consideration. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that by the end of the year Ukraine will receive another $4-5B for domestic drone production. Zelenskyy specified that the state spent about ₴120B ($3B) on domestic ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #RustemUmerov #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsExport #Zelenskyy
Ukraine is getting closer to lifting the ban on arms exports to support the defense industry. Ukraine’s military urgently needs more surveillance, strike, and combat drones, but due to limited government resources drone manufacturers are looking for opportunities to export their products abroa... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #UkrainianWeapons #Ukrspecssystems #WeaponsExport #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine is counting on 500% growth in the domestic defense industrial complex by the end of the year. During the first eight months of the year, weapons production in Ukraine increased by 100% compared to the same period last year, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at DFNC2. According to him, weapons ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DenysShmyhal #DFNC2 #DroneProduction #UkrainianWeapons #Zelenskyy
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
Ukraine is developing its own weapons to strike targets located in the Russian Federation. One innovation is a newly tested GPS-guided bomb that is very similar to the French AASM Hammer. The Ukrainian high-precision glide bomb can cover a distance of up to 64 km. If Ukraine can establish l... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInnovations #NeptuneMissiles #PalyanytsyaMissileDrone #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense wants domestic companies to be able to export weapons; otherwise, they will move abroad. Director of the Defense Procurement Agency of the Ministry of Defense, Maryna Bezrukova, believes that Ukrainian companies should be able to export a portion of the weapons they produce. She confirmed... #BohdanaSPG #DefenseIndustryUkraine #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsExport #WeaponsProduction #Zelenskyy
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 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 increased the production of mortar and artillery shells to a record level. Ukraine’s defense industry is increasing the production of ammunition and Stugna-P anti-tank systems. More mortar and artillery shells were produced in June than in 2022, notes Oleksandr Kamyshi... #AlexanderKamyshin #AmmunitionFactory #DefenseIndustryUkraine #UkrainianWeapons #WeaponsProduction
The former CEO of Ukrainian Railways has been asked to provide the army with Ukrainian weapons as soon as possible. The new Minister of Strategic Industries, Oleksandr Kamyshin, must complete the reform of Ukroboronprom and establish weapons production for the military, Deputy Prime Minister Yuliya Svyridenko stres... #AlexanderKamyshin #UkrainianWeapons #ukroboronprom #YuliyaSvyridenko
