British company to produce NATO-standard howitzers in Ukraine
British company BAE Systems has opened an office in Ukraine to produce NATO-standard 105-mm L119 howitzers.
Source: European Pravda citing Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries
Details: The parties signed a partnership agreement on 30 August in Kyiv in the presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Kamyshin described such cooperation as a "very powerful signal".
Quote from Kamyshin: "Despite the enemy's daily missile attacks and full-scale military operations, BAE Systems is prepared to work here, side by side with us. Such cooperation is a one hundred per cent win-win story."
The Ukrainian military already uses weapons from BAE Systems: M777 and L119 artillery systems, M109 self-propelled guns, CV-90 and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and Challenger tanks.
Background:
- Earlier, it was reported that Finland is starting to explore the possibility of manufacturing its own armoured vehicles in Ukraine in response to a request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- On 19 August, representatives of Kyiv and Stockholm signed a statement of intent in Sweden on the joint production and service of Swedish-designed CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles.
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