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Norway’s Kongsberg teams up with Ukraine’s combat robot maker
A Norwegian defense giant just bet on Ukraine’s homegrown robot army, with KONGSBERG, one of Europe’s largest defense manufacturers, and Ukrainian robotics company DevDroid signing a Memorandum of Understanding on June 30, 2026, in Kyiv that lays groundwork for large-scale, long-term cooperation to produce existing systems and develop new remotely operated combat robots together. The []
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The korea Herald News
· Jun 29, 2026
Boston Dynamics taps Korean suppliers for Atlas rollout
Boston Dynamics, a US-based robotics subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, is leveraging the robotics parts value chain in Korea as it gears up for a commercial rollout of the Atlas humanoid robot. According to media reports Monday, around 10 engineers from Boston Dynamics have spent nearly a month in Korea, evaluating over 10 auto parts factories largely affiliated with Hyundai Motor, including Hyundai Mobis, Hwashin Precision Co. and SOS Lab. This tour was reportedly aimed at assessing the potent
Euromaidan Press
· Jun 25, 2026
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1583: Russia bombs Ukraine’s grain ports ahead of harvest
Ukraine's new AI defense center is steering drones onto targets in their final seconds of flight, part of a broader push to build an autonomous military that can outpace Russian jamming.
The Eastern Herald
· Jul 2, 2026
Russia’s Jet-Powered Geran Drones Can Now Outrun Ukraine’s Interceptors
Russia's jet-powered Geran drones — reaching 500 km/h — now outpace the interceptor UAVs Ukraine built to shoot down propeller-driven kamikaze attacks. Russia plans to raise jet-powered drones to 50 percent of its strike fleet, forcing Ukraine's defenses onto a more expensive tier they built to use sparingly.
Le Monde
· Jun 22, 2026
How Ukraine is orchestrating a logistical squeeze on Russian-occupied Crimea
Using a new generation of drones, Kyiv is waging a methodical campaign targeting the road, rail and energy infrastructure of the peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014. Russia is scrambling to adapt its defenses.
The Kyiv Independent
· Jun 30, 2026
Norway-Ukraine agreement aims to bring armed robots onto the battlefield
The Norwegian defense company Kongsberg and Ukraine's DevDroid announced on June 30 a collaboration to produce ground drones equipped with state-of-the-art weapons systems, aiming to supply Ukraine and other European countries.
Defence Blog
· Jun 27, 2026
Ukraine deploys heavy robot trucks on the front line
A Ukrainian robotic ground vehicle took a direct hit from an enemy FPV drone, shrugged off the shrapnel damage, and kept driving until it delivered nearly a ton of supplies to front-line positions, Militarnyi reported. The same vehicle later struck a mine on the return leg of a subsequent mission and was lost, too damaged []
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Related coverage for "Norway’s Kongsberg teams up with Ukraine’s combat robot maker": The korea Herald News — Boston Dynamics taps Korean suppliers for Atlas rollout. Euromaidan Press — Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1583: Russia bombs Ukraine’s grain ports ahead of harvest. The Eastern Herald — Russia’s Jet-Powered Geran Drones Can Now Outrun Ukraine’s Interceptors. Le Monde — How Ukraine is orchestrating a logistical squeeze on Russian-occupied Crimea. The Kyiv Independent — Norway-Ukraine agreement aims to bring armed robots onto the battlefield. Defence Blog — Ukraine deploys heavy robot trucks on the front line