#DEFENSE INDUSTRY

Kosovo plans to build its first state-owned ammunition factory and drone design lab, to prop up the country's defense industry, Prime Minister Albin Kurti said on Wednesday at a cabinet session.

The EU’s future defense commissioner needs to be given sufficient funding to restore the bloc’s arms production capacity, Poland’s foreign minister has said.

Poland’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that North Korean troops have not yet reached the frontline in Ukraine, where they are expected to fight alongside Russian forces.

Boeing and Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services firm, Antonov Company, have signed a preliminary agreement to potentially collaborate on unmanned systems to support Ukraine’s defense industry.

U.S. arms giant Northrop Grumman has announced it will manufacture “medium caliber” ammunition at a production facility inside Ukraine, making it the first American defense company to make such plans public.

The Estonian government is launching a defense industry fund valued at €50 million to invigorate the sector. However, uncertainty looms among industry leaders regarding the fund’s operational details, as reported by the ETV (Estonian public broadcaster) news show ‘Aktuaalne kaamera’ (AK).