defense industry

Ukraine backs maximum protection of arms manufacturers' workforce from mobilization

Ukraine's Defense Ministry supports exempting as many defense industry workers as possible from military mobilization, Defense Minister Evgeniy Khmara said during a meeting with journalists, NV reported on Oct. 11.

12 October, 10:23 AM

Ukraine boosts drone contracting by 300% in 2026 compared with last year

In 2026, the Defense Procurement Agency of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense increased the volume of drone contracting by 300% compared with last year. The purchases cover unmanned systems of various types and purposes, the Ministry of Defense reported on Oct. 11.

12 October, 12:14 AM

Ukraine expands subsidized lending to boost domestic weapons output

Ukraine has increased the maximum preferential working-capital loan available to defense companies fivefold, from UAH 100 million (about $2.2 million) to UAH 500 million ($11.1 million), Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi announced on Sept. 23.

24 September, 01:45 PM

Booming arms production forces Ukraine to rely on open-air ammo depots, analyst suggests

Ukraine may have little choice but to store some of the output of its defense industry at poorly protected locations, political analyst Ihor Reiterovych said in an interview with NV Radio on Aug. 31.

31 August, 11:26 PM

Slovakia foils plot to torch drone factory

Slovak authorities derailed a planned arson attack on an unmanned systems manufacturing plant in eastern Slovakia, police officials said Aug. 25.

26 August, 02:19 AM

France seeks tighter limits on Ukraine’s non-EU arms procurement

France is working to limit the exemptions that allow Ukraine to purchase military equipment outside the European Union using EU funds, Euro News reported on Aug. 25.

26 August, 01:39 AM

Ukraine unveils MV11 drone carrier

Ukrainian naval drone manufacturer UFORCE has unveiled a drone mothership USV based on the Magura hull, capable of deploying UAVs far from shore, The War Zone and Kyiv Post reported on Aug. 25.

25 August, 11:51 PM

Italy’s Leonardo opens Kyiv subsidiary

Italian defense contractor Leonardo has launched a Kyiv-based subsidiary, Leonardo Ukraine, to focus on research and engineering for military technologies, Euractiv reported on Aug. 20.

21 August, 02:24 AM

Pentagon gives arms firms 21 days to ramp up production amid severe missile shortages

The Pentagon is asking the U.S. defense industry to rapidly escalate the production and delivery of weapons, including munitions that are in extreme shortage due to the war with Iran, according to a Defense Department memo, The Washington Post reported on August 9.

10 August, 12:01 PM

Fire Point teases FP-7X interceptor production by end of August

Ukrainian defense contractor Fire Point could start serial production of its FP-7X interceptor missile by the end of August, the company said on Aug. 6.

7 August, 01:33 AM

Russia plotted assassination of German drone company CEO — report

Russian intelligence services planned an assassination of the head of Donaustahl, a German drone manufacturer, Die Zeit reported on Aug. 5.

6 August, 03:35 AM

Fire Point makes ‘hundreds’ of drones daily, company says

Ukrainian defense contractor Fire Point produced about 100 Flamingo cruise missiles a month and “hundreds” of FP-1 and FP-2 drones a day, company CEO Iryna Terekh said in an interview with The Guardian on July 27.

28 July, 02:53 AM

Kyiv arms exhibition strike death toll rises to 11, organizer placed under arrest

The death toll from the July 24 Russian ballistic missile strike on an arms expo in Kyiv Oblast has risen to 11, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on July 27.

27 July, 02:06 PM

Polish worker killed in Kyiv Oblast drone expo strike

An employee of a Polish defense contractor was killed when Russia attacked an arms expo near Kyiv on July 24, Polish outlet Defence24 reported.

25 July, 12:37 AM

Ukrainian F10 drones licensed for U.S. exports

Ukraine’s State Service of Export Control on July 1 issued a license to export a batch of F10 strike drones to the United States, the manufacturer F‑Drones said on July 3, according to Ukrainian outlet Defender Media.

3 July, 08:34 PM

Zelenskyy hails positive Trump meeting at G7

Ukrainian air defense will improve after productive talks on licensing interceptor manufacturing with U.S. President Donald Trump and other G7 leaders, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on June 19.

19 June, 08:49 PM

Ukraine, Germany to co-produce TerMIT UGVs

The Ukrainian and German defense ministers, Mykhailo Fedorov and Boris Pistorius, signed an agreement to jointly produce TerMIT unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in Germany, the Ukrainian presidential press service announced on June 18.

18 June, 08:42 PM

Germany’s Diehl in talks to manufacture Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missiles

German arms maker Diehl Defence has opened talks to move production of Ukraine’s FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles to Germany, the Financial Times reported on June 11.

12 June, 01:16 AM

Russia planning strikes on Ukrainian missile program

Moscow has identified Ukrainian defense companies involved in developing domestic missile designs and designated them as primary targets for future air strikes, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on June 2.

3 June, 01:22 AM

AntAC head Shabunin urges greater state control of Fire Point

The government should oversee and tightly control exactly how defense contractor Fire Point is using state funding, making sure the company focuses on manufacturing weapons, Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), told NV Radio on May 27.

28 May, 01:07 AM

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