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The Ministry of Defence has developed a new class of guided munitions called Firefly, which has passed testing and is ready for series production.

Remote reconnaissance, battlefield surveillance, fire support, and the destruction of enemy infantry and armored vehicles — the Ministry of Defence has codified and authorized for operational use in the Armed Forces of Ukraine the reconnaissance-and-strike UGV Zmiy Mini Strike (Udarnyi).

On the instructions of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, the Defence Procurement Agency DOT has already contracted over 22,000 unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for the Defence Forces for 2026.

During the EU–Ukraine Defence Industry Forum: Armouring Cooperation, Ukraine and the European Union signed two agreements: one on Ukraine’s association with the European Defence Fund and another on financing under the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP).

More than 300 applications have been submitted to register on TrophyLab, the Unified Web Portal for the Study of Enemy Equipment. Nearly 200 of them came from foreign defense companies in partner countries.

The Brave1 cluster and the Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands are launching the large-scale Brave Netherlands initiative.

Brave1, Ukraine’s defense innovation cluster, has updated its grant program and is launching new opportunities for Ukrainian defense tech developers. Funding of up to UAH 8 million is available per project.

The Brave1 defense innovation cluster and the Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) are launching the third phase of the EU4UA Defence Tech grant program.

Ukraine is expanding cooperation with partners on joint defense production, drone technologies, and financing for the defense industry.

The ZBROYA team held an offline training session for representatives of defense industry enterprises dedicated to the employment of veterans and their effective integration into teams. More than 60 representatives of defense industry companies took part in the event.