Manufacturer catalog

Ukroboronprom

Ukroboronprom is the public trading name associated with Ukraine's state-owned defense-industrial holding, now organized as Joint Stock Company Ukrainian Defense Industry. The company consolidates state defense enterprises that manufacture, repair, modernize, and develop weapons, military hardware, ammunition, armored vehicles, aircraft-related equipment, and unmanned systems for Ukraine's defense sector.

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Ukroboronprom was created by a 29 December 2010 Cabinet of Ministers resolution as a state concern for Ukraine's defense industry. Its role was to coordinate state-owned manufacturers and export-linked enterprises across military equipment, repair, modernization, and defense-industrial cooperation.

In 2023 the state concern was liquidated and replaced by Joint Stock Company Ukrainian Defense Industry, a 100% state-owned company. The reform was designed to move the holding toward modern corporate governance while preserving the familiar Ukroboronprom public name used across official communications.

For this catalog, the builder facet currently connects Ukroboronprom to Ukrainian long-range unmanned-aircraft development, especially the AN-196 Liutyi record, while the wider company profile covers ammunition, armored-vehicle, shipbuilding, radar, aircraft, and military-hardware production sectors.

ammunition and munitionsmilitary hardwarearmored vehiclesaircraft and UAVsradar and air defense systemsshipbuilding and naval systemsrepair and modernization

Notable Systems

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

AN-196 Liutyi

Long-range one-way attack UAV

Ukrinform and Ukrainian reporting tied Ukroboronprom's 1,000 km, 75 kg-warhead attack-drone disclosure and later successful use statement to the Ukrainian long-range UAV program represented in this catalog.

Sources: Ukrinform 1,000 km drone report, Ukrainska Pravda UAV disclosure

Military vehicles and Rheinmetall joint-venture work

Rheinmetall describes a Kyiv joint venture with UDI, the former Ukroboronprom, for service, maintenance, assembly, production, and development of military vehicles in Ukraine.

Sources: Rheinmetall UDI joint venture

Manufacturer History

  1. State concern created

    Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers adopted Resolution No. 1221 on the creation of State Concern Ukroboronprom.

    Sources: Cabinet resolution creating Ukroboronprom

  2. Transformation approved

    The Cabinet of Ministers approved transforming State Concern UkrOboronProm into Joint Stock Company Ukrainian Defense Industry with 100% state-owned shares.

    Sources: Official reform page

  3. JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry established

    Official reform materials state that State Concern UkrOboronProm was liquidated and the Ukrainian Defense Industry Joint Stock Company was established.

    Sources: Official reform page

  4. Rheinmetall-UDI joint venture operating

    Rheinmetall says Rheinmetall Ukrainian Defense Industry LLC began operating in Kyiv as a UDI and Rheinmetall joint venture focused first on military-vehicle service and maintenance.

    Sources: Rheinmetall UDI joint venture

  5. Defense revenue surge

    SIPRI reported that JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry, formerly UkrOboronProm, reached $2.2 billion in 2023 arms revenue, its highest recorded level at the time.

    Sources: SIPRI Ukraine arms industry backgrounder

Predecessors
State Concern Ukroboronprom
Successors
Joint Stock Company Ukrainian Defense Industry
Website links
Official websiteAbout companyAbout the reform

Ukroboronprom is a legacy public name and active brand for a state-owned holding that official sources describe as reorganized in 2023 into JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry. Public sources are careful about wartime production details, so this profile avoids unsupported facility, output, and conflict-use claims.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Official Ukroboronprom websitePublisher: Ukroboronprom / JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry | Note: Official company homepage identifying JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry as a strategic manufacturer of weapons and military hardware in Ukraine. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Official company profilePublisher: Ukroboronprom / JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry | Note: Official about page supporting the company profile, defense-sector mission, employment scale, and ammunition and military-hardware manufacturing focus. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Official reform pagePublisher: Ukroboronprom / JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry | Note: Official reform page documenting the 2023 transformation from State Concern UkrOboronProm into 100% state-owned JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Cabinet resolution creating UkroboronpromPublisher: Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine | Note: Government legal record for the 29 December 2010 Cabinet of Ministers resolution establishing State Concern Ukroboronprom. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rheinmetall UDI joint venturePublisher: Rheinmetall | Note: Manufacturer page identifying UDI as the former Ukroboronprom and describing the Rheinmetall Ukrainian Defense Industry LLC vehicle-service, assembly, production, and development joint venture. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Ukrinform 1,000 km drone reportPublisher: Ukrinform | Note: Reports Ukroboronprom statements about a Ukrainian attack drone with a 1,000 km range and links it to the program represented by the cataloged AN-196 Liutyi entry. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Ukrainska Pravda UAV disclosurePublisher: Ukrainska Pravda | Note: Reports Ukroboronprom's disclosure of a Ukrainian strike UAV with 1,000 km range and 75 kg warhead, supporting the builder link to long-range UAV development. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • SIPRI Ukraine arms industry backgrounderPublisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute | Note: Independent backgrounder describing Ukraine's arms-industry transformation and identifying JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry as formerly UkrOboronProm. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Defense News FY23 Top 100 analysisPublisher: Defense News | Note: Defense-industry ranking analysis identifying Ukrainian Defense Industry as formerly Ukroboronprom and reporting FY23 defense revenue growth context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • MoD UDI supervisory-board announcementPublisher: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine | Note: Supports image provenance: the Ministry of Defence page uses the selected UDI-related image and states site content is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 unless otherwise stated. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Category

Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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BMP-1U Shkval, Infantry fighting vehicle modernization, Armored Vehicles2008 Russo-Georgian War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine WarBMP-1U ShkvalInfantry fighting vehicle modernizationBuilt in: UkraineThe BMP-1U Shkval is a Ukrainian modernization of the Soviet BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle that replaced the original 73 mm turret with the KBA-105 Shkval weapon station. The upgrade centers on 30 mm cannon fire, a coaxial machine gun, a 30 mm automatic grenade launcher, and Konkurs anti-tank missile launchers, trading some troop capacity for a heavier remote combat module. Its most clearly documented wartime trail runs through Georgian vehicles captured by Russia in the 2008 Russo-Georgian War and later seen or lost in Russian service during the full-scale phase of the Russia-Ukraine War.