At world’s top defense exhibition in Paris, Ukraine and Sweden agree to mass-produce combat robot born on frontline
The partnership scales production of the MAUL casualty evacuation, logistics, and ammunition delivery platform.
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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.
Germany’s Diehl in talks to produce Ukraine’s Flamingo cruise missile on German soil
CEO Helmut Rauch announced a series of meetings with Ukrainian maker Fire Point in the coming weeks and called the company "optimistic and positive" about cooperation, says FT.
Ukraine’s defense industry has grown tenfold since 2022. Now, it’s $50 billion machine
Zelenskyy disclosed the figure at a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Kyiv. The announcement comes ahead of the NATO Ankara summit on 7-8 July, where Ukraine plans to discuss long-term financial guarantees.
Ukraine’s new frontline robot hauls cargo, evacuates soldiers, and clears mines. Meet Vepr, built from real combat experience
The Ministry of Defense codified the modernized Vepr logistics-and-evacuation UGV for service in the Armed Forces.
Russia was preparing targeted terror attacks against Ukrainian defense engineers. SBU detained spy compiling “card index”
GRU planned terror attacks on Ukrainian defense engineers, not just factory air strikes.
BlueBird Tech starts partnership with leading scientific and design bureau to serially produce Ukrainian guided aerial bombs
BlueBird Tech becomes at least Ukraine's second domestic guided-bomb producer as Russia now drops 1,560 KABs a week.
Ukraine says its drone deal with the US is stuck while its deals with Europe and the Gulf move ahead
Kyiv agreed to let Washington check its air, sea, and land drones, yet the framework agreement remains open, Zelenskyy said.
Ukrainian drone maker now in contention for US Army contracts: General Chereshnia advanced to second round of Pentagon’s $1.1 billion drone competition
Twenty-five companies from around the world participated in the first round at Fort Benning, Georgia, each given two hours to demonstrate their systems to US military personnel.
Finland already builds drones with a Ukrainian partner. Joining the drone coalition is the next step
The Latvia- and UK-led group already has more than 20 members; Finland wants in for both Ukraine's frontline and its own defense industry.
Ukraine should not advertise its new ballistic missiles until factories can mass-produce them, ex-security officer says
"We're standing in the same line with the Russians" with their failed Armata tank, Ivan Stupak noted.
The arms Ukraine outgrew in two years are now its potential export catalogue
Budanov listed older FPVs, 2022-2023 long-range drones, sea drones, and bombers as candidates for sale to Asia and Africa.
Ukraine’s private-sector air defense groups downed their first jet Shahed — Russia’s drone that flies at 300+ km/h
A private group in Kharkiv Oblast made the interception, a minister reported. The network has grown from 13 to 19 enterprises it operates at since March, integrated into Air Force command.
Ukraine may award drone-purchase points when Russian soldiers kill themselves under drone pressure
The Brave1 Market system lets drone units trade eBaly points for drones, electronic warfare gear, and components.
Gunners can carry a small car’s weight in shells every day — Ukraine fields exoskeletons on the Pokrovsk front
A commander says test results from the 147th Artillery Brigade show soldiers get less fatigued, work faster, and stay combat-ready longer — the first such battlefield use in Ukraine's Defense Forces.
FP-7 tested, FP-9 at 800 km approaching trials: Fire Point reveals Ukraine’s ballistic missile roadmap
Chief designer Denys Shtilerman says both are priced at half what ATACMS costs and built to fire in numbers large enough that interception doesn't decide the outcome.
The UAE asked for 5,000 interceptors, Qatar for 2,000 — and the reason every Gulf state is calling Ukraine is the same: Patriot isn’t enough
The obstacle to getting Ukrainian drones in the air quickly isn't production — it's the several months needed to train pilots.
One radar to rule them all: Ukraine’s CD-T10 spots everything from FPV drones to guided aerial bombs inside a 15 km dome
Already undergoing battlefield testing, the X-band system uses AI to distinguish real threats from birds by analyzing each contact's physical size, speed, and flight path — and feeds targeting data to anti-air crews.
US and Qatar want Ukraine’s Shahed killers. Zelenskyy wants Patriot missiles in return
Reuters reveals the three-way US-Qatar-UK pursuit of Ukraine's interceptor drone technology, with government-to-government talks underway and a British-Ukrainian joint factory potentially in line to supply.
Ukraine’s defense industry is building a direct pipeline into Europe’s weapons market — one NATO certification at a time
Finland became the eighth Alliance member to finalize a mutual quality assurance deal, with five more in negotiation.