31 in May, 63 now: Ukraine’s arms makers pile into a regime of tax breaks and shielded data
The 32 firms that joined since May bring under a quarter of the early members’ average weapons revenue, by Euromaidan Press calculations.
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Ukraine’s Defense Ministry says some suppliers cannot build weapons ordered, and drops contracts to free $346 million for front
Technology and tactics change quickly, the ministry says, and some weapons no longer match combat tasks.
At camp Norway built in Polish forest, NATO trainers admit Ukraine’s army now moves faster than their own
Ukraine's wartime tempo outpaces NATO armies, whose slow procurement Western trainers in Poland say Ukraine's experience is exposing.
Kyiv’s arms industry wants to kill the export fee. Parliament just refused to route that money to the army
Ukraine's arms makers want the 20-30% export fee scrapped as Europe's defense market opens—while parliament won't route the cash to the army.
The EU just released $7 billion for Ukraine to buy Patriot missiles and drones
The money comes from Europe's existing loan to Kyiv, and the decision finally lets Ukraine place orders for the American interceptors it cannot build itself.
Brussels cleared Ukraine to spend EU loan money on American Patriot missiles for the coming winter of Russian attacks
The request went in four days earlier, and the funds come from the bloc's existing credit line rather than any new pledge.
More than 400 defense firms ask Kyiv to create one state body with real authority over $6.8 billion industry
A year after the strategic-industries ministry folded into Defense, the sector's council says responsibility is scattered across half a dozen agencies.
Estonia paid $81 million for Ukraine’s shells to firm that had never made one—now its defense minister is out
Estonia may have to repay €70 million in EU funds. The ammunition failed quality standards.
Ukraine says it bought 5,000 pickup trucks through open competitive bidding and saved more than $45 million
Six uppliers will deliver the all-wheel-drive diesels by year's end.
Norway’s Air Force put its first anti-drone system into service at the fighter base—and wants its own drones doing the same job
The system can detect a drone, identify it, and shoot it down—capability the base did not have when lights appeared over it last autumn.
For first time, Ukraine is tendering ground robots to ministry-set specifications and no maker can take more than half of any class
The Defense Procurement Agency is applying the tender template it introduced for fiber-optic drones three days ago.
Ukraine is buying jam-proof fiber-optic drones for first time to single standard, so any maker can compete
Ukraine's Defense Procurement Agency launched its first buy of fiber-optic FPV kamikaze drones to Defense Ministry-defined specifications.
Ukraine’s top military marketplace has processed $235 million in orders. Now it goes further, letting units spec a custom drone across 17 characteristics
Ukraine's Brave1 Market added a tool letting military units order custom drones built to their own specifications.
Ukraine’s former Defense Minister Fedorov is out, but man behind his procurement reform and apps like Army+ isn’t going anywhere
Mstyslav Banik, the deputy who ran Ukraine's defense-procurement reform, says he is staying in the team of new Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara.
1.2 million weapons in a year: Inside Ukraine’s Amazon-for-arms that ships to the frontline in 24 hours
Frontline units now pick from 1,181 products by 300 Ukrainian makers—and the fastest arrive within 24 hours.
Ukraine’s reformist defense Minister is out after six months. Earlier, his audit exposed $7.2 billion in defense overspending
Mykhailo Fedorov, the drone-warfare architect who became Ukraine's youngest defense minister, is leaving after six months, having opened his tenure with an audit that found $7.2 billion in overspending.
Ukraine asked Denmark to rework its aid. New 15,000 rounds will hit Russian logistics from safer distance
Denmark is rerouting planned military aid to send Ukraine long-range artillery instead of short-range shells. Ukraine's Defense Forces…
Ukraine built 90% of its newly authorized weapons itself. Year ago, it was 70%
Of the 1,000 samples authorized, 892 are produced in Ukraine.
Ukraine approves 80 km/h electric motorcycle that defeats thermal imaging and acoustic detection. It carries two soldiers in full gear
The 105-kg, 8 kW vehicle reaches 80 km/h and operates with near-silent movement.
Ukraine named three banks to lease equipment to defense industry at 5% annual rate
The mechanism addresses one of the practical constraints that limits how fast Ukraine's defense industry can scale.