EU and Ukraine launch new €343 million programmes to develop dual-use technologies
The European Commission, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, and the Governments of France and Finland have concluded agreements aimed at scaling up industrial capacity in dual-use technologies and the defence industry.
The agreements provide for €343 million in European Union guarantees and blended finance grants.
The new agreements open up additional opportunities to scale Ukrainian dual-use technologies and defence production. This is another step towards the deeper integration of Ukrainian companies into the European industrial and technological base
The agreements were signed during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk.
Over €700 million in investment to expand production
The new instruments are expected to mobilise over €700 million in investment in the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and counter-drone systems, unmanned ground vehicles, aviation, advanced navigation and communication technologies, as well as other strategic industries.
It is important that these investments cover not individual products, but the entire technological ecosystem of modern defence.
According to her, this will make it possible to simultaneously develop the platforms themselves, the technologies required for their effective deployment, and systems designed to protect against hostile unmanned systems.
How the financing will be provided
The financing will be provided under Pillar II of the Ukraine Facility. It includes the Ukraine Investment Framework, which was established to attract public and private investment for Ukraine. Its budget amounts to €9.5 billion, comprising €7.8 billion in guarantees and €1.7 billion in blended finance grants.
Since autumn 2025, the rollout of the Ukraine Investment Framework has focused, among other areas, on dual-use technologies and strategic industries.
New Opportunities to Scale Up Production
In addition, Poland’s state-owned Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and Ukrainian unmanned systems manufacturer Skyfall signed a memorandum of understanding on financing investments to expand the company’s production capacity.
Financing under the Ukraine Facility, Pillar II will help Skyfall meet growing demand and support the company’s integration into Europe’s industrial and technological base.
It was previously reported that the European Commission and the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine had launched cooperation on investment in innovative and disruptive technologies. The agreement provides for the launch of a comprehensive financing programme worth a total of €161 million.