Franco-German defense group KNDS opened a new facility in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, to support Ukrainian land forces to foster industry collaboration with the Ukrainian defense industry. Established under the name KNDS Ukraine LLC, this company will provide the MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) services to those KNDS systems, that are in the service of the Ukrainian Army, including Leopard 1 and 2 main battle tanks, the CAESAR artillery gun, the AMX10 RC, the PzH 2000 armored howitzer and the Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.
At the same time, KNDS and the Ukrainian industry intend to jointly manufacture 155 mm artillery ammunition in Ukraine and produce spare parts using leading-edge manufacturing technologies.
“The founding of KNDS Ukraine LLC is based on a corresponding Franco-German government initiative, whose baselines were presented on 22 March 2024 by Ministers of Defence Sebastien Lecornu and Boris Pistorius in Berlin”, KNDS said in a press release.
