The Ukroboronprom State Concern expects that tests will be conducted and the Ukrainian Navy will accept a radiosonic system created at the enterprises of the concern and used during the Sea Breeze 2017 multinational military drills in Odessa on July 10-22 with 16 countries taking part. The press service of the concern reported that the…
The state-run Ukroboronprom Concern managed to increase the export of Ukrainian arms by 25% in 2016, Deputy General Director for Ukroboronprom development, Artur Kheryvimov stated at a press conference at Kherson Regional State Administration. “Over the past year, we (Ukroboronprom) have increased our exports by 25% – from $570 million to $770 million,” said Kheryvimov.…
Ukraine will fully execute the contract signed in 2011 for the supply to Thailand of new Oplot-T tracked armored vehicles manufactured at Malyshev Plant (Kharkiv), Ukroboronprom state concern has stated. “The contract will be executed in accordance with all the agreements provided. The executor of this order and the manufacturer of Oplot tanks is Malyshev…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has proposed retaining expense expenditures for 2018 at 5% of GDP, according to the draft bill “Budget policy basics for 2018-2020 (Budget Resolution).” “The priority is supporting defense and security: expenditures for this sphere for 2018 will be at 5% of GDP,” Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said, presenting the resolution. “Within…
The choice of the foreign supplier of encrypted communications equipment for Ukraine’s armed forces will be made based on the results of a competition held by the military, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said. “I don’t want to be the one who picks what kind of communications system Ukraine’s army uses. I want it…
Another batch of the Ukrainian-made Oplot main battle tanks will be supplied under the contract to Thailand next week, chief engineer at Kharkiv-based Malyshev Plant Oleksandr Sheiko said on May 25. “We will ship another batch to Thailand next week. Information on the number of tanks is confidential. We have fulfilled three quarters of the…
The Ukroboronprom State Concern and Turkey’s MKEK (Makina ve Kimya Endustrisi Kurumu) operating in machine and chemical industry will establish cooperation under the ammunition development program, the press service of the concern reported on May 10. According to the report, the cooperation agreement between MKEK and Ukroboronprom’s Artem state-owned joint-stock company and state-run foreign trade…