On Friday, the government supported a resolution that opens up access to state defense technologies to private companies. About said Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Herman Smetanin.
The resolution regulates the rules for transferring design documentation for Ukrainian weapons to various business entities. This will help scale up arms production.
According to Smetanin, if state-owned enterprises are unable to produce the required number of weapons for defense procurement, the Ministry of Defense will initiate the transfer of design documentation to other manufacturers. These may include private companies that are able to establish production on the required scale. The resolution also provides for the preservation of state secrets and the protection of intellectual property rights.
The minister states that this approach will make it possible to provide the Ukrainian Defense Forces with the necessary weapons and military equipment of domestic production more efficiently. It will also have a positive impact on the development of Ukrainian producers, who will be able to receive more contracts and produce more defense goods.
In late February, Herman Smetanin claimedThe Ukrainian defense industry’s capabilities have grown 35 times in the 3 years of the full-scale Russian invasion: from $1 billion in 2022 to $35 billion in 2025.
Earlier, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger saidthat Ukraine will repair Leopard tanks, PzH 2000 self-propelled guns, Marder infantry fighting vehicles, and build three factories. It was also reported earlier that Ukraine starts using its own 450 kg CABs.
