The first Lithuania-manufactured first-person view (FPV) drones are expected to be delivered to Ukraine in September, according to the Defence Ministry. “It is planned that the first FPV drones to be purchased (from Lithuanian manufacturers) could be handed over to Ukraine as early as the second half of September,” the ministry said in a comment…
Oleksandr Kamyshin, Ukraine’s Minister of Strategic Industries, has reported that Ukroboronprom, the state-run defence concern and strategic manufacturer of weapons and military hardware in Ukraine, has entered the top 50 global defence companies in Defense News ranking for the first time. “The ranking is compiled annually by Defense News. Last year, Ukroboronprom was ranked 65th,…
Ukraine’s government has already acquired 20,000 unmanned aerial vehicles through Prozorro Market, having thus saved some UAH 100 million on transparent procurement. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Economy. “The government has purchased 20,000 unmanned aerial vehicles for the army through the Prozorro Market e-catalog. These are UAVs such as…
Poland, France, Germany and Italy signed a letter of intent to jointly develop long-range cruise missiles on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, D.C. “The aim is to establish cooperation in the development of our key deep strike capability,” said Poland’s Defence Ministry. This will lead to “joint projects regarding specific solutions that…
Hungary is blocking around EUR 2 billion (8.5 billion zloty) of EU funds earmarked for Poland to compensate for military aid Warsaw has provided to Ukraine. “The Polish government has been repeatedly communicating to Hungary at all possible levels that we are dissatisfied with the fact that Hungary has, for a year now, been blocking…
On July 9, the first foreign representative office of JSC Ukroboronprom was opened in Washington. Its main task is to strengthen cooperation between Ukraine and the United States in the defence industry. In particular, it is aimed at interaction with local businesses and expert organisations, cooperation with government agencies and defence organisations, and support of…
The Baltic States will present a capability development plan at this week’s NATO summit in Washington, D.C., the Lithuanian and Estonian presidents have said. They have also called for the necessary military capabilities to be assigned to the regional defence plans approved at the NATO summit in Vilnius last year. “Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have…