A new €150B EU security loan program presents significant opportunities for the Ukrainian defense industry. According to Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defense, this new EU loan program, part of the SAFE (Security Action for Europe) initiative, allows member states to utilize €150B in loans... #AndriusKubilius #DefenseIndustry #DefenseInvestments #SAFE #UrsulavonderLeyen #WeaponsProduction
The EU has limited access for US, UK, and Turkey companies to a €150B rearmament fund aimed at supporting the European defense industry. Companies based in the US, UK, and Turkey will not be allowed to participate in the €150B EU defense fund proposed by the European Commission unless their respective countries sign defense and securit... #DefenseIndustryEU #EuropeanDefenseFund #GreatBritain #Turkey #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
The EC has prepared a defense strategy to rearm the bloc and bolster support for Ukraine. The EU intends to launch a large-scale initiative to develop its defense industry, aimed at deterring Russia and supporting Ukraine amid a reduction in the US military presence in Europe. A draft of t... #AndriusKubilius #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseSpending #EUdefense #KajaKallas #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
What risks does the US face in halting the supply of weapons to Ukraine? Most of the funding allocated to Ukraine has remained in the US through orders placed in its defense industry, so President Donald Trump’s decision will result in: Financial losses for defense c... #DefenseIndustry #LockheedMartin #NATO #Pentagon #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
The European Commission has outlined the main directions for its defensive reform that will cost billions. In response to a potential reduction in military support from the US and the need to increase its assistance to Ukraine, the EU plans to invest hundreds of billions of euros to strengthen its defense ... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseInvestments #defensereform #EuropeanCommission #Germany #Poland #WeaponsProduction
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
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
Greece calls on the EU to establish a €100B fund for its defense. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, while preparing for a new EU defense strategy, has proposed creating a fund of at least €100B for the EU’s overall defense budget. Mitsotakis’ pro... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseSpending #EUdefense #Greece #KyriakosMitsotakis #WeaponsProduction
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
Zelenskyy calls on the EU to increase weapons production – both for Ukraine and for its own defense. President Zelenskyy, at the Davos economic forum, called on the EU to increase weapons production, as it is important for both Ukraine and Europe. He said that at the beginning of the full-scale war, ... #Davos #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EUdefense #WeaponsProduction #WEF #worldeconomicforum #Zelenskyy
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
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
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 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 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
The EU is nearing a deal to create a new defense investment fund. EU countries are nearing a deal to create a new €1.5B defense fund that will help strengthen both the bloc’s defense industry and Ukraine’s over the next three years. The agreement to deve... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseInvestments #EDIP #WeaponsProduction
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
Ukraine and 12 European countries unite in a new defense cooperation format. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced the beginning of a collaboration with 12 countries within the Nordic Group-Ukraine framework, which will strengthen Ukraine’s security and provide suppor... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EUdefense #Norway #RustemUmerov #SupportUkraine #WeaponsProduction
The largest EU economies will issue joint defense bonds to stop the Russian Federation’s “imperial ambitions.” During a meeting of heads of foreign affairs from five EU countries, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Poland gave their support to a proposal to create joint European defense bonds to strengthen the... #DefenseBonds #investments #NATO #RadosławSikorski #SupportUkraine #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
Europe must double its defense spending after Trump’s inauguration; Poland will produce explosives and ammunition. Europe will probably have to double its defense spending to address the challenge of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, as well as a possible reduction in American support with Donald Trump... #DefenseIndustryEU #EUdefense #NATO #Poland #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
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
Norway will finance the production of weapons and equipment in Ukraine according to the Danish model. Norway will mirror the Danish support format, which is direct financing of Ukrainian weapon and equipment production, allowing faster production and delivery of weapons to the front. In addition, the ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Estonia #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Norway #WarinUkraine #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
More military aid from Ukraine’s allies: NASAMS from Canada, joint UAV and ammunition production with Lithuania. President Zelenskyy spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and discussed the Peace Formula, the Victory Plan, and cooperation on the organization of the second global Peace Summit. During t... #Australia #DefenseIndustryUkraine #JustinTrudeau #Lithuania #MarkRutte #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NASAMS #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
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
The integration of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex into the EU’s defense industry will bring benefit for both sides. Andrius Kubilius, a member of the European Parliament nominated for appointment as European Commissioner for Defense in the new European Commission, stated: “I will be responsible for the implem... #AndriusKubilius #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseIndustryUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Rheinmetall gives updates on the construction of several arms factories in Ukraine. The Rheinmetall defense concern’s first plant is already operating in Ukraine, and the second is close behind it. The company plans to build several more enterprises, Rheinmetall director Armin ... #ArminPapperger #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Marder #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine has exceeded its drone production plan and brought more than 900 new models of military equipment into service. Deputy Minister of Defense Ivan Gavryliuk said that Ukraine exceeded planned drone production, which former Minister of Industry Oleksandr Kamyshyn spoke about at the end of last year. Then, Kamyshyn ... #AlexanderKamyshin #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DroneProduction #IvanGavryliuk #UkrainianDrone #WeaponsProduction
The US doubts the prospects of success for the EU’s strategy of buying mainly European weapons. Washington is concerned about the EU’s weapons procurement plan, which prioritizes purchasing European weapons. The US believes that this is not the cheapest or fastest way to get weapons to Ukr... #DefenseIndustry #EuropeanWeapons #JulianneSmith #MilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Zelenskyy presents the Victory Plan for Ukraine to the Ukrainian Parliament. The Victory Plan consists of five points and three secret annexes that have been provided to Ukraine’s partners. The five points are: The first point is geopolitical, and presupposes UkraineR... #NATO #SecurityGuarantees #VictoryPlan #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction #Zelenskyy
A lack of raw materials and long production cycles prevent the West from adapting projectile production to Ukraine’s needs. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has caused a noticeable increase in projectile production in Western countries, but due to a lack of raw materials and long production cycles, it still does n... #AmmunitionFactory #ArtilleryShells #NIOA #Rheinmetall #Saab #WeaponsProduction
Europe is changing the vector of its military support to Ukraine: Investments will replace the supply of weapons. The EU’s recent decision to allocate $440M to Ukraine to support its defense industry indicates a sharp turnaround in the bloc’s approach to Russia’s war. One of the EU diplomats not... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #WarinUkraine #WeaponsExport #WeaponsProduction
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
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
DFNC2: The Ukrainian Military Industry is increasing cooperation with Western companies. During the second international Defense Industries Forum (DFNC2), members of the “Ukrainian defense industry” signed cooperation agreements with four companies from the US, France, and Pol... #AeroVironment #BAESystems #CzechoslovakGroup #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DFNC2 #WeaponsProduction
Estonia seeks to adapt its military industry to Ukraine’s needs. Estonia intends to restructure its military aid to Ukraine so that it is dominated by products from its domestic enterprises to provide support for the Estonian military industry, the country’s ... #Estonia #HannoPevkur #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WeaponsProduction
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
Due to the Pentagon’s concerns about its weapons stockpiles, military aid packages for Ukraine from the US have decreased. The stockpile of weapons and other military equipment in the Pentagon is decreasing, and because of this, the volumes of military aid packages to Ukraine have become smaller in recent months. American... #AmmunitionFactory #Pentagon #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Why are Ukrainian gunsmiths considering transferring their production facilities abroad? According to Tech Force of Ukraine, 85% of Ukrainian arms manufacturers are considering relocating abroad or had already done so. Among weapons and military equipment manufacturers, 73% do not see any... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #WeaponsExport #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 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
An artillery agreement with Norway will help Ukraine reduce its dependence on Western supplies of weapons and ammunition. The Norwegian government has signed an agreement to transfer artillery production to Ukraine. If Ukraine produces Western-style howitzers and projectiles domestically, it will free itself from complet... #AmmunitionFactory #ArtilleryShells #Norway #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
