{"id":26168,"date":"2026-03-30T13:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=26168"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:30:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:30:04","slug":"general-cherry-wilcox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/03\/general-cherry-wilcox\/","title":{"rendered":"General Cherry and Wilcox Industries to launch joint venture in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian defence tech company General Cherry has begun cooperation with US-based Wilcox Industries. The two companies will establish a joint venture in the United States, the company disclosed to Defender Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The joint venture will manufacture FPV drones and interceptors, with development led by the General Cherry team. Production itself will be based at Wilcox Industries&#8217; facilities in New Hampshire. The next step is to receive approval from the President of Ukraine and the relevant authorities. The Ukrainian company states that this process has already begun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are focusing primarily on interceptor drones as our flagship product,&#8221; said Yaroslav Hryshyn, co-founder of General Cherry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Cherry`s product line includes FPV drones of various sizes, fibre-optic UAVs, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2025\/12\/air-pro-drone-updates\/\">AIR <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2025\/10\/general-cherry-bullet-launch\/\">Bullet <\/a>interceptors. The company was previously among those selected by the Pentagon to participate in the first phase of the Drone Dominance programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/03\/skyfall-drone-won-drone-dominance\/\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong> Ukrainian SkyFall\u2019s drone wins at Pentagon\u2019s Drone Dominance selection<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilcox Industries has not previously worked with drones. 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