General Cherry has been granted a licence for private air defence

General Cherry has received a licence to establish private air defence. It will be engaged in protecting private facilities and critical infrastructure.

As stated by the company, it offers a comprehensive solution that includes its own pilots, mobile groups and systems for countering enemy UAVs. It is based on the Air, Speed and Bullet interceptor drones. The groups operate with remote launch, control and homing systems.

General Cherry add that their academy also trains pilots for other private air defence companies. In addition, it supplies them with its own products. Following the results of spring, General Cherry’s drones took first place in the Delta rating by number of downed enemy fixed-wing and copter-type UAVs.

Soon, the company’s lineup will be joined by an updated Bullet interceptor drone, which is being developed to counter jet-powered Shaheds. It will use a kinetic accelerator that will bring the drone to the required altitude and speed.

At the same time, the interceptor will retain a full battery charge, necessary for downing the jet-powered drone.

The “private air defence” project began in November 2025. At that time, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted an experimental procedure that allows companies to form air defence groups.

On 30 March this year, former Minister of Defence Mykhailo Fedorov stated that private air defence had already shot down its first targets. By May, 27 enterprises of various forms of ownership had already joined the project.