Manufacturer catalog

Ukrainian Defense Industry

Ukrainian Defense Industry is Ukraine's state-owned joint-stock defense holding, created in 2023 from the former UkroboronProm concern to coordinate weapons production, modernization, and industrial partnerships across the country's defense base.

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This builder profile groups the current Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC with the long-running UkroboronProm legacy name so catalog records can resolve older and newer manufacturer spellings to one sourced defense-industrial holder.

Open sources describe the company as a strategic manufacturer that consolidates state enterprises across Ukraine's defense sector, while the catalog uses it for systems where the public record points to the national holding rather than a narrower factory.

uncrewed aerial systemsuncrewed surface systemssmall arms assemblyarmored vehicle repair and productionair-defense and missile cooperation

Notable Systems

AN-196 Liutyi, Long-range one-way attack UAV, Aircraft & UAVs

AN-196 Liutyi

Long-range one-way attack UAV

Cataloged Ukrainian long-range one-way attack UAV attached to this builder facet.

Manufacturer History

  1. Cabinet approves transformation

    The official reform page says the Cabinet of Ministers approved transforming the State Concern UkroboronProm into Joint Stock Company Ukrainian Defense Industry on 21 March 2023.

    Sources: UDI reform page

  2. New joint-stock company established

    The reform page records a 4 May 2023 Cabinet resolution establishing the Ukrainian Defense Industry joint-stock company as part of the defense-sector reform package.

    Sources: UDI reform page

  3. UkroboronProm is liquidated

    The reform page states that State Concern UkroboronProm was liquidated on 28 June 2023 and that the Ukrainian Defense Industry joint-stock company replaced it, with Herman Smetanin appointed as director general.

    Sources: UDI reform page

  4. Rheinmetall joint venture starts

    Official company news says Ukrainian Defense Industry and Rheinmetall set up a joint venture in Kyiv focused on maintenance, repair, and future joint production of military equipment.

    Sources: UDI Rheinmetall JV

  5. Missile-systems cooperation begins

    Official company news says Ukrainian Defense Industry signed a memorandum with MBD Deutschland to explore cooperation on air-defense systems and counter-UAS concepts.

    Sources: UDI MBD Deutschland

  6. CZ BREN 2 assembly agreement

    Official company news says Ukrainian Defense Industry partnered with Česká zbrojovka to assemble NATO-standard CZ BREN 2 rifles in Ukraine.

    Sources: UDI CZ BREN 2

Predecessors
State Concern "UkroboronProm"
Website links
Official websiteAbout companyAbout the reformCompliance and risk management

This profile normalizes the current JSC name together with the UkroboronProm / UkrOboronProm legacy spelling chain so older catalog manufacturer facets resolve to one builder page. I did not add a geocoded headquarters map because the reviewed official pages supplied a Kyiv correspondence address but not a separate source-backed map center.

Manufacturer Sources

  • UDI home pagePublisher: Ukrainian Defense Industry | Note: Official homepage describing the Joint Stock Company Ukrainian Defense Industry as a strategic manufacturer of weapons and military hardware in Ukraine. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • UDI about companyPublisher: Ukrainian Defense Industry | Note: Official company profile describing the JSC as a strategic manufacturer that consolidates state enterprises across Ukraine's defense sector. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • UDI reform pagePublisher: Ukrainian Defense Industry | Note: Official reform page stating that the State Concern UkroboronProm was transformed into the Ukrainian Defense Industry joint-stock company, with Cabinet decisions dated 21 March 2023 and 4 May 2023 and liquidation on 28 June 2023. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • UDI compliance pagePublisher: Ukrainian Defense Industry | Note: Official compliance page giving UDI correspondence channels and the Kyiv postal address on Degtyarivska Street, used as the sourced city context for the profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • UDI Rheinmetall JVPublisher: Ukrainian Defense Industry | Note: Official news item announcing the October 2023 joint venture with Rheinmetall and describing UDI as the Ukrainian state-owned partner in Kyiv. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • UDI MBD DeutschlandPublisher: Ukrainian Defense Industry | Note: Official news item from 20 February 2024 reporting a memorandum with MBD Deutschland on cooperation for air-defense systems and counter-UAS concepts. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • UDI CZ BREN 2Publisher: Ukrainian Defense Industry | Note: Official news item from 23 February 2024 reporting a license-transfer agreement to assemble CZ BREN 2 rifles in Ukraine. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Wikimedia Commons logoPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Wikimedia Commons file page for the Ukrainian Defense Industry logo used as the reusable builder image; the file page identifies the work as a public-domain logo of the former State Concern UkroboronProm. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

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Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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