The U.S. Navy has signed a major seven-year contract with Raytheon (the defense division of RTX Corporation) worth $22.9 billion. The deal is aimed at significantly increasing production of Tomahawk cruise missiles and related equipment.
U.S. President Donald Trump, responding to a question about missiles for Ukraine’s Patriot systems, stated that former U.S. President Joe Biden had provided Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with “a great deal of weapons worth $300 billion.”
Donald Trump did not make any firm promises to Zelenskyy regarding the supply of missiles for the Patriot air defense system. This was stated to reporters by Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s ambassador to Washington.
OVES Enterprise, a Romanian software developer, and eDrone, a Ukrainian drone manufacturer, will jointly produce military drones in Romania.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held closed-door talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, seeking diplomatic and military support from the White House in the war against Russia.
When World War II began in 1939, Canada had virtually no military-industrial base to speak of. But over the next six years, Canadian factories produced thousands of aircraft, hundreds of naval vessels, and more than 800,000 pieces of armored vehicles. A country with a population of just 11 million people transformed into a powerful military-industrial center.
U.S. automakers will begin manufacturing weapons, U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Kyiv has signed a number of military agreements with the countries of the “North Baltic Eight” in Tallinn. Latvia and Estonia will cooperate with Kyiv in the production of drones, while Norway will allocate funds for maritime drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Moldova, which will spend $110 million on defense in 2025, is ranked 133rd in the world on this indicator.
German defense giant Rheinmetall announced on Tuesday a contract worth 5.7 billion euros to supply Romania with combat vehicles, air defense systems and naval vessels.
