Ukrainian Arms Industry

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Despite the new found bonhomie between Pak n Russia... i still wish good luck to our Ukranian frnds who helped us when we needed it...!

 

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Robotics lab makes drones that Ukraine can use in war
Ivan Dovgal, the head of the robotics lab at the Step IT academy, talks about the drones the lab produced for the army.
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War means weapons. And for robotics lab at the Step IT Academy in Kyiv, this means using plastic (not ink) to create drones from special printers for use by the Ukrainian army.

Dmytro Franchuk, deputy head of the robotics lab and its key drone engineer, says production is based on 3D printers that use up 20 kilograms of plastic daily. Lab's 30 drones, paid for by volunteers, are actively used at the war front now.

As the situation in the Donbas deteriorates, with hopes for peace resting on a shaky Feb. 12 agreement in Minsk, Belarus, more drones are needed.

Franchuk's drones are considered the lightest ones. They can capture images from a maximum distance of 2.5 kilometers and stay in the air up to 20 minutes.

Their average cost is $1,200, while the accompanying equipment for the drone makes the total cost $3,000. A large part of the drone's cost is human capital used for the production, testing and teaching how to use the gadget.

Compared with the regular price of advanced drones reaching up to $30,000, those developed by the robotics lab in Kyiv are much more affordable.

Lab's head Ivan Dovgal, the former Step IT Academy head, said the government has not ordered mass production of his drones. He blames bureaucracy and lack of cash in the budget.

“It is hard to estimate the exact cost of one drone," Franchuk says. “You need to build a couple of vehicles and let them crash before you can finally tell whether it is a working product or not."

It takes one week of theory and practice to teach soldiers how to use a drone. “As I was the only developer of drones in the lab, I also had to go to the war front to teach soldiers how to work with them. It took time I could use for production," Franchuk says.

Dovgal says that “everything you see in the lab is produced by robots or is a robot itself." The first prototype of the known Ukrainian hardware product, Petcube, has been designed and developed in the lab. Now the lab heavily uses 3D printers in their production.

The academy started in 2007. Dovgal used his interest in robotics to teach academy students new ways to apply their engineering skills. It cost him around $2,000 monthly out of his own money to pay salaries to several lab employees and produce new gadgets.

The initial idea behind the lab was to build robots for homes. “The very moment I heard about smart home solutions, I wanted to have a co-working space to work on them myself and let our students create technologies for smart heating, signaling, electronics' controlling and other aspects of smart home," Dovgal says.

As time went on, the lab started using 3D printers to make the most of the gadgets' details.

“The first time I saw 3D printers was about two years ago. At that time I guessed that this is going to be a major trend in just a couple of years," Dovgal says. “This is exactly what we see now."

The lab stores three 3D printers. One of them belongs to Dovgal. The price of each reaches $1,600. They are heavily used 24/7 for modeling and making details of future drones and other electronic gadgets.

Up to 90 percent of all details in the vehicles made in the lab are produced with the printers.

 

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President presented modern equipment to the border guards for the fulfillment of military tasks in the ATO area - Official web-site of President of Ukraine
14.02.2015 15:52

President Petro Poroshenko visited border guards of the mobile border detachment deployed in Bortnychi, near Kyiv.

Armored, special and engineering equipment was conveyed there and in the nearest time, it will be sent to the border guards for the fulfillment of military tasks in the ATO area.

The President examined new samples of the equipment. Over 150 vehicles will be sent to the border guards: 20 armored vehicles "Cougar", over 30 units of trucks and special units for engineering, ambulance cars for evacuation of the wounded, armored patrol vehicles and over 30 sets of thermal imaging devices.

The President has expressed confidence that the given equipment would increase the efficiency of the work on protection of the state border. "We will systemically develop the border agency, for it to be capable of countering modern threats efficiently," the Head of State said.

Petro Poroshenko has underlined the main task of the border guards: "Not a single mercenary, weapon or ammunition shall get to Ukraine".

The Head of State has also presented state awards to 11 border guards who took part in the ATO area.

The President has thanked the Ukrainian border guards for decent fulfillment of military tasks in the ATO area. He has mentioned coordinated actions in the course of the liberation of the occupied territories in Kherson region, when Chonhar and the Arabat Spit have been liberated. "Courage, self-sacrifice and combat brotherhood - this is what you demonstrate every day, every hour and moment, unfortunately, sometimes sacrificing the most precious - your lives," Petro Poroshenko has emphasized.

The attendees have honored the memory of the fallen border guards with a moment of silence.

The President has noted that less than 10 hours had been left until the declared truce. He is hopeful that all the parties will adhere to the Minsk agreements.

Petro Poroshenko has underlined that terrorists continued attacking the positions of the Ukrainian servicemen. "We are dealing with a treacherous and cynical enemy. We still hope that the common sense will prevail over the imperial ambitions and expect the one who gave the command to start hostilities to finally recover consciousness and give the command to stop shooting from 00:00 on Sunday," the President noted.

The Head of State has emphasized the possibility of breaking the truce and imposition of martial law. "Having examined carefully the legislation on the martial law, I will immediately submit amendments for consideration by Verkhovna Rada unless there is peace. These amendments will let us mobilize, unite and defend our land more efficiently," he said.

 

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MDK-3: a trench digger based on the MT-T chassis

KMDB - MT-T Carrier Prime Mover

Vehicles based on the MT-T
KMDB - Vehicles Based on the MT-T Prime Mover Chassis

The MT-T was designed by using the running gear and transmission of the T-64 battle tank.
KMDB - T-64 Main Battle Tank

The DOZOR-B armoured personnel carrier is a 4x4 armoured fighting vehicle intended to transport personnel and various loads. The vehicle can be fitted with various light weapons, communications devices, and special equipment.
KMDB - DOZOR-B - Armored Personnel Carrier

 

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Russian knocked-out tanks and APCs are “donors” for Ukrainian equipment | Міністерство оборони України

Wednesday, February 25. DONBAS — These shots present Russian tank and BMP (APC). They have been captured by the Ukrainian soldiers of the detached mechanized brigade. The terrorists stormed Ukrainian positions using this equipment. The Ukrainian military knocked-out the materiel and the maintenance groups disassembled the equipment. Spare parts will be used like a ‘donor’ for Ukrainian tanks and BMPs. According to specialists, assemblies and sub-assemblies of the enemy’s armored vehicles are in good condition. The hulls will be sent for meltdown then.

 

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Volunteers in the Ukrainian city of Lviv volunteers are producing drones and training Ukrainian soldiers in how to operate them. They buy parts from abroad and say their aircraft are as good as foreign models but much cheaper.

Every day they test their drones at this field near the city. Volunteers say this drone has a range of more than 3,000 kilometers and can fly some 40 kilometers without charging.

This soldier came from eastern Ukraine and will soon return to the conflict zones.

 

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Volunteers in the Ukrainian city of Lviv volunteers are producing drones and training Ukrainian soldiers in how to operate them. They buy parts from abroad and say their aircraft are as good as foreign models but much cheaper.

Every day they test their drones at this field near the city. Volunteers say this drone has a range of more than 3,000 kilometers and can fly some 40 kilometers without charging.

This soldier came from eastern Ukraine and will soon return to the conflict zones.

Lviv needs to be nuked

and you need to change you flags to Lithuania

 

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Lviv needs to be nuked

and you need to change you flags to Lithuania

I have already requested Mod to change my location flag.

 

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I have already requested Mod to change my location flag.

why Lithuania sir ?

 

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why Lithuania sir ?

Because i live in Lithuania.

 

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Saturday, March 14. LVIV OBLAST — The pilots fly Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters in a detached army aviation regiment. All the officers are candidates for the 56th DHU of the UNMIL of new rotation. Pilots perform day and night flights in adverse weather conditions. The piloting skills in limited visibility, sometimes near zero visibility, form the basic requirement for first class pilots. Each serviceman has deep practical experience — over 1,000 hours of total flights. All the pilots have participated in combat operations in east of Ukraine.

 

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14.03.2015
The heads of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council and the Interior Ministry visited a National Guard training center on Saturday.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov and Minister of Interior Affairs Arsen Avakov have visited the training center of the National Guard of Ukraine in Novi Petrivtsi in Kyiv region, where they inspected and tested new military vehicles and military equipment.

 

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President of Ukraine: We require accuracy and reliability from Ukrainian weapons today | Міністерство оборони України

Saturday, April 4. UKRAINE – President Petro Poroshenko along with PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk, NSDC Secretary Olexander Turchynov, Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak visited the training center of the National Guard of Ukraine where he viewed the latest Ukrainian weapons and military equipment.

The President stressed the importance of strengthening the country’s defense: “Despite the fact we prefer the peaceful way of conflict resolution the powder must be dry and we must ensure the highest level possible of the army combat readiness. We reconstruct everything that was destroyed during 23 years”.

Petro Poroshenko remarked the Ukrainian defense enterprises were working at full capacity producing modern combat modules, precision weapons and munitions: “We require accuracy and reliability from Ukrainian weapons today”. He also noted the Ukrainian UAVs, artillery fire control systems, air defense systems would reinforce the Ukrainian army.

The President viewed APC ЗЕ1, armor vehicles ‘BARS-8’ and ‘BARS-6’, HMMWV equipped with Ukrainian combat modules, antiaircraft missile system ‘Pechora-2d’, UAVs ‘Furia’ and Patriot RVO 10, UAVs of the system ‘Suva’, assault UAV ‘Yatagan’, light combat module ‘PBM’, automatic grenade launcher UAG-40, 82mm mortar KBA 48M1, automatic grenade launcher KBA 117, etc.