Overview
- Germany and Ukraine, in a letter of intent signed in Kyiv on Monday, launched Brave Germany to fund defense start-ups and research.
- Backed by Ukraine’s Brave1 innovation cluster, the program targets uncrewed systems, artificial intelligence, laser weapons, advanced communications, and missile technologies.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the partners have six joint weapons-production projects underway and discussed a 10-year Drone Deal.
- Germany has financed hundreds of Patriot interceptor missiles and additional IRIS-T launchers and has put more than $1 billion into mid- and deep-strike systems and support for drone assault units.
- Germany disclosed Tuesday it will invest more than €10 million to build infrastructure for military training centers in Ukraine, while nearly 27,000 Ukrainian troops have trained in Germany.