Ukraine and the United Kingdom signed an agreement on joint production of artillery and letters of intent to strengthen the LYRA program.

Denys Shmyhal reported the signing on October 11.

Ukraine and the United Kingdom have signed an agreement to expand defense cooperation through a new initiative called the LYRA program, which focuses on battlefield technology and joint weapons development.

Ukraine and the United Kingdom are expanding their defence partnership. A statement of intent was signed on the sidelines of the DFNC3 International Defence Industries Forum between the UK Secretary of State for Defence and the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine on the LYRA programme - a partnership in battlefield technology.

The document defines the intention of the parties to jointly develop and scale up defence technologies. In particular, our countries have agreed to establish a working group to coordinate joint projects under the LYRA programme.

The aim of LYRA is to strengthen the defence capabilities of both countries by combining Ukrainian and British defence industry and scientific potential, which will allow for the joint development, modernisation and scaling up of the production of the necessary weapons systems.

A project agreement was signed on joint artillery production with the UK.