Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Ukraine’s DevDroid sign MoU on combat robotic systems

Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Ukrainian company DevDroid signed a memorandum of understanding during the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdańsk.

According to a DevDroid press release, the memorandum paves the way for long-term strategic cooperation between the two companies. The partnership will focus on manufacturing existing remotely operated combat robotic systems and jointly developing new technological solutions in the field.

“Our partnership with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace creates opportunities to scale this experience and develop a new generation of robotic systems capable of meeting the challenges of the modern battlefield,” said DevDroid CEO Yurii Poritskyi.

Ukrainian and European partners also signed several more agreement during the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdańsk. This includes:

• Ukraine’s HIMERA and Finland’s Bittium agreed to jointly develop tactical communications systems.
• Roboneers and Germany’s ARX Robotics announced a joint venture that plans to manufacture tens of thousands of unmanned ground vehicles annually.
• Poland’s PZL Defence and Ukraine’s Ivchenko-Progress agreed to cooperate on the production of turbojet engines.
• SkyFall signed a memorandum with Poland’s BGK to secure EU funding for Ukrainian defence tech.
• TAF Industries partnered with Poland’s PGZ to localise UAV production in Poland.