June 28, 2026June 26, 2026 4 min reading Events 7 July events: The month’s key defence tech gatherings in Europe and beyond A roundup of publicly announced events in the defence and dual-use technology sector
June 25, 2026June 25, 2026 2 min reading Events How to scale a defence tech business: Darkstar to host Scale 100x conference in Kyiv The event aims to help Ukrainian teams prepare to scale, expand into European markets, and operate within the EU and NATO defence ecosystem
April 24, 2026May 2, 2026 8 min reading Innovation Deftak raises investment for mass production of “smart” drone munitions. Here is startup’s story In late 2025, Deftak began testing the munition with “one of the most popular multirotors in Ukraine”
February 12, 2026February 23, 2026 5 min reading Investments Exclusive: Farsight Vision raises €7.2M – who invested and what’s next for the team The seed round led by Axon Enterprise and SmartCap will help Ukrainian startup build software and hardware autonomy stack for UAVs
October 9, 2025November 18, 2025 2 min reading Ecosystem, Startups Where defence startups can apply right now: Darkstar Bootcamp, and acceleration programmes from Defence Builder and MITS Accelerator The final week to apply for these programmes — and for some, the very last day!
September 22, 2025December 8, 2025 4 min reading Dorozvidka Dorozvidka #26: DTV 2025, Perry Boyle, Ragnar Sass, Scopa Industries, and the launch of “managed” weapons exports The most interesting columns, statements, speeches, and other media appearances of the past week
August 11, 2025December 8, 2025 5 min reading Dorozvidka Dorozvidka #20: Vector AI in Ukraine, Darkstar Bootcamp 4 roundup, Kisia UGV, and Blyskavka as a counter to the Molniya The most interesting news from the editorial backlog for the second week of August
July 28, 2025November 18, 2025 5 min reading Dorozvidka Dorozvidka #18: Interviews with Darkstar and General Chereshnya, all about the Bulava, and news from the MoD and Bell Helicopters A weekly digest of the most interesting publications and the news that flew under the radar of Defender Media
