More US and European defense companies are setting up operations in Ukraine as the war rages on

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More US and ********* defense companies are setting up operations in Ukraine as the war rages on

Western defense companies are increasingly setting up operations on Ukrainian soil.

Two companies announced this week that they are starting new projects based in Ukraine.

They add to a growing Western defense presence in the country.

US and ********* defense companies are increasingly setting up operations in Ukraine, with the brutal war raging on and presenting plenty of opportunities.

Two companies said this week that they will work more on key weapons in Ukraine, adding to what has been a growing presence of Western defense manufacturers in the country since

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in February 2022.

KNDS, a French-******* defense group, announced on Tuesday that it had opened a subsidiary in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, where one of its aims is to “carry out maintenance, repair and overhaul work” on some of its systems that Ukraine’s military is using.

This includes the

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, the CAESAR

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, the AMX10 RC armored fighting vehicle, the PzH 2000

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The company said in a press statement that the new subsidiary “will support the cooperation between Ukrainian government institutions, the Ukrainian armaments industry and KNDS.”

Meanwhile, AeroVironment, an ********* defense contractor headquartered in Virginia, signed an agreement with an undisclosed Ukrainian company to make the Switchblade 600, a loitering munition, in Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent

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The moves build on a growing Western defense industry presence in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s defense minister, Rustem Umerov, said in December that his country had signed “dozens of new contracts” that included ****** production agreements with Western partners.

******* arms maker Rheinmetall has opened a plant in Ukraine and its CEO

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in May that the company will open a new air defense facility in the country.

It also said that it would produce Lynx armored vehicles in Ukraine.

BAE, a major British defense firm, meanwhile, announced last year that it was opening a new base in Ukraine to “ramp up” its support for the country’s armed forces.

And an unnamed US State Department official

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that more ********* defense companies seem interested in establishing themselves in Ukraine.

But the official also warned of the dangers involved, saying no company wants their facilities targeted or employees hurt.

The efforts are part of a wider push to integrate Western and Ukrainian defense efforts, including by sharing technologies, Ukrainian weapons specialists working in the West, and Western countries repairing and storing Ukrainian weaponry.

These efforts will “allow Ukraine to become self-sufficient over time and integrate Ukraine into the broader Western security network,” Washington DC-based think tank the Institute for the Study of War

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in January.

Most of Ukraine’s weaponry comes from its allies, but it has also dramatically increased its own production. This includes

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, sparking concerns in the West.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a major boost for Western defense companies, with many nations increasing their defense spending.

Countries have increased their orders, and

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— not only to aid Ukraine but to prepare for any future Russian conflict with the West.

The benefit has been huge for US companies: Of the $113 billion pledged by Congress up until April 2024 in relation to the war, as much as $68 billion was destined to be invested in domestic companies,

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the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.

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