Ukraine’s Flamingo missile maker’s new Danish plant delayed to 2027 as costs could triple
Denmark removed 20-plus legal barriers for Fire Point’s rocket-fuel plant, but safety rules still make a new factory necessary.
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Lithuania moves to produce Ukrainian drones locally under bilateral defense pact
The project will manufacture Ukrainian-designed drones in Lithuania using transferred technology, expanding Ukraine's production capacity abroad while strengthening Europe's defense industry.
How Ukraine came to build more weapons than it can fund
Its top defense-industry chief just resigned after a deadly blast at one of his company’s depots.
Ukraine approves more than two new drone systems a day this year. Almost all of them are now homemade
Ukraine's Defense Ministry codified 413 unmanned aerial systems in the first half of 2026, up 73% on 2024.
Ukraine’s top missile designer: modern war is won by whoever experiments with weapons faster
Fire Point's Denys Shtilerman says Russia's engineering school still follows the Soviet template of designing for years before testing.
Japan and Ukraine will jointly develop and produce military drones
The SCMP reported Tokyo is drawing on Ukraine's war against Russia to accelerate its own programs.
Ukraine took Soviet Strela-10 and built its own air-defense system on it. RYF is already guarding sky
Ukraine is serially producing its own laser-guided SAM with Soviet-era roots, and it's working.
A new 100-kilogram Ukrainian drone boat can wait two days, then strike on command
The Harpun runs on a water-jet engine and switches between three control channels in seconds to beat jamming.
Ukraine just cleared new Gyurza-2 for front. It weighs 18 tonnes and survives mine blast
Ukraine's Defense Ministry codified the modernized Gyurza-2 armored vehicle with Level 3a/3b mine protection, AI threat detection, and 1,200 km range.
Ukraine gave its drone-killer system an “app store”—with one rule no add-on can break
Engineers can add almost anything, but nothing is allowed to fire a weapon by itself.
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.
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.