Lockheed Promotes F-16 in Ukraine
The Arms and Security Defence Expo begins today in Kyiv. The US Company Lockheed Martin has a booth for the first time ever.
Ukraine News
Air
Expo and Air Show
Land
Navy / Maritime
Air
Investment
Ukraine's Defence Expo under the shadow of Pandemic
The Arms and Security Expo and the International Aerospace Salon “Aviasvit – XXI will open their doors in Kyiv next Tuesday.
Weapon / Missile
Aselsan offers 35-mm anti-aircraft gun Korkut to Ukraine
Turkish Aselsan offers Ukraine its 35-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Korkut air defence system, according to Ukraine based Defence Express magazine.
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
US New Strategic Partner: Ukraine
The Biden government declares relations with Ukraine as strategic partners.
Regional / Strategy
Russia Orders Troops Back After Massive Drills in Crimea
According to The Associated Press, Russia’s defence minister ordered troops back to their permanent bases following massive drills in Crimea.
Bilateral Relations
Engine and Transmission
Motor Sich may become half-Turkish Company
Ukrainian jet engine maker Motor Sich wants to sell half of its stakes to a Turkish company. The sale was discussed between Ukrainian and Turkish Presidents.
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
British warships to sail for the Black Sea in May
According to the Sunday Times, British warships will sail for the Black Sea in May, citing senior naval sources.
Investment
Country
The Defence expo in Ukraine is postponed to June
Ukrainian defence expo Arms and Security is postponed to 15-18 June 2021 due to Covid Pandemic.
Bilateral Relations
Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy Visits Donbas
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was visiting eastern Ukraine on Thursday, following a rise in tension with Russia over a long-running conflict.
Bilateral Relations
Regional / Strategy
Zelenski tags NATO to stop Russia
Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenski urges NATO to speed up the country"s membership plan. Zelenski wrote on his personal Twitter account his expectations.
Air
Antonov's first "Russian- free" serial production An-178
Antonov signed a contract for the construction and supply of three new An-178-100Rs.
Air
Bilateral Relations
France offers Rafale fighters to Ukraine
France proposes its Rafale fighters according to French Websites Zone Militaire and Intelligence Online.
Investment
New Round on Motor Sich
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv seized property and 100% of Motor Sich shares.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Neptune Era at Ukrainian Navy
The prototypes of the Ukrainian RK-360MTs Neptune mobile anti-ship cruise missile system have been handed over to the Naval Forces of Ukraine.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 15:00 NATO presses allies to cover US air and naval shortfalls - Washington is asking European allies and Canada to provide more aircraft and naval assets to NATO as...
- 15:00 AI drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could transform warfare within five years, p...
- 15:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European firms and air for...
- 15:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into infrastructure - Drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating demand for...
- 15:00 European anti-drone defence shifts toward layered effectors - European manufacturers are increasingly pairing anti-drone missiles with high-energy laser weapons,...
- 15:00 Autonomous swarm technologies gain momentum in Europe - Drone swarm challenges and uncrewed systems programmes highlighted at ILA Berlin 2026 showed growing...
- 15:00 Germany links loyal wingman ambitions to sovereign defence industry goals - German interest in collaborative combat aircraft is increasingly tied to a wider push for sovereign...
- 15:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 15:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 15:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
- 12:00 Leonardo and Baykar complete first K-SWARM flight tests - Breaking Defense reported that Leonardo’s M-346 and Baykar’s KIZILELMA completed joint autonomous fo...
- 12:00 Janes details M-346 and KIZILELMA crewed-uncrewed teaming trial - Janes reported that Baykar and Leonardo demonstrated crewed-uncrewed teaming between an M-346FA and...
- 12:00 Italy approves Leonardo-Baykar drone joint venture with conditions - Reuters reported that Italy conditionally approved the Leonardo-Baykar joint venture under Golden Po...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense reports ASELSAN lands Steel Dome contract - Breaking Defense reported that ASELSAN signed a €780 million deal to provide air-defence technologie...
- 12:00 Reuters tracks Ankara’s goal of doubling defence exports - Reuters reported that Turkish officials want to double defence exports within two years after export...
- 12:00 Baykar targets first serial KIZILELMA deliveries this year - Baykar CEO Haluk Bayraktar told Anadolu’s English service that the company aims to begin the first s...
- 12:00 Breaking Defense spotlights Baykar’s K2 kamikaze drone - Breaking Defense reported that Baykar unveiled the AI-enabled K2 Kamikaze UAV with swarm capabilitie...
- 12:00 Leonardo says Baykar partnership will produce European-made drones - Leonardo executives told Anadolu’s English service earlier this year that the Baykar-Leonardo partne...
- 12:00 Foreign coverage keeps focus on Baykar’s entry into the European market - International reporting around the Italian approval decision emphasised that the Leonardo joint vent...
- 12:00 KIZILELMA remains central to foreign reporting on Turkish UCAV ambitions - Recent foreign defence coverage has continued to focus on KIZILELMA as Baykar’s flagship step into h...
- 09:00 NATO presses allies to cover US air and naval shortfalls - Washington is asking European allies and Canada to provide more aircraft and naval assets to NATO as...
- 09:00 AI drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could transform warfare within five years, p...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European firms and air for...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into infrastructure - Drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating demand for...
- 09:00 European anti-drone defence shifts toward layered effectors - European manufacturers are increasingly pairing anti-drone missiles with high-energy laser weapons,...
- 09:00 Autonomous swarm technologies gain momentum in Europe - Drone swarm challenges and uncrewed systems programmes highlighted at ILA Berlin 2026 showed growing...
- 09:00 Germany links loyal wingman ambitions to sovereign defence industry goals - German interest in collaborative combat aircraft is increasingly tied to a wider push for sovereign...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
