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This Ukrainian Drone Company Fears Missing Iran War Moment - Business ...
By Sinéad Baker You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Ukrainian company General Cherry makes drones and interceptor drones. AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky 2026-04-18T10:00:01.237Z Ukraine's counter-drone tech has surging interest amid Iran attacks, but exports are limited. A Ukrainian interceptor drone maker said it wants its tech proven beyond Ukraine. It worries that if it doesn't get involved soon, "someone will take our place." The Iran war could be a big opportunity for Ukraine's battle-proven counter-drone tech, but one company says it worries it will miss its window without export access. The US and its allies in the Middle East are now facing drone threats that Ukraine has fought for years, driving demand for low-cost interceptor drones. Many are built by Ukrainian firms, but exports of battlefield tech remain tightly controlled.Stanislav Hryshyn, the co-founder of Ukrainian company General Cherry, which makes drones and interceptor drones used by Ukraine's forces, said deploying his company's interceptors abroad would give it the chance to prove that its interceptors work in conflicts other than Russia's war against Ukraine.Hryshyn said the company has seen a surge in interest and inquiries since the Iran war began and Tehran started firing Shahed drones and missiles at US allies. Other firms report similar demand, especially in the Middle East and Europe. But Ukraine's export rules prevent many defense tech sales abroad. A Ukrainian interceptor drone taking flight. Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images He said his desire to help isn't only about the business that could come with selling his gear for use in the war. It's also about gaining "this new level of expertise and experience" that Ukrainian companies have not had before. "For us to receive this new experience, expertise, new layer of using our product, that's critical," he said. "Money is very secondary to this."It's one thing to prove effective against Russia. It's another to prove it in a different war — and directly support US allies.But without fast access to those markets, he warned, Ukraine's industry could lose its edge. "This window of change is closing right now," he said. "Someone will take our place."A host of companies outside of Ukraine are also making interceptor drones. Hryshyn fears delays will let foreign firms scale faster, pushing partners toward non-Ukrainian suppliers with ready stoc...
A Ukrainian drone company says it's teaming up with a US firm because ...
A Ukrainian drone company says it's teaming up with a US firm because staying home means getting 'eliminated' By Sinéad Baker You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Ukraine's General Cherry makes FPV and interceptor drones. AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka 2026-04-20T15:25:03.059Z A Ukrainian drone maker is teaming up with a US company to make its drones on US soil. It fears being "eliminated" if it stays in Ukraine, either by Russian attacks or competition. Ukraine's firms are increasingly building abroad. A Ukrainian drone maker worried about getting "eliminated" at home is teaming up with a US manufacturer to make weapons on American soil. Stanislav Hryshyn, co-founder of General Cherry, told Business Insider that "actually to stay in Ukraine, that means actually to stay local and to be eliminated in a couple of years or even months."Rising Ukrainian defense companies like his are increasingly seeing opportunities beyond their own conflict. They believe staying in Ukraine — where they're in the crosshairs and fighting to survive in a heavily saturated market with limited growth potential — could ultimately kill them, physically and commercially.Staying home risks being outcompeted or destroyed.First, he said, "we're a target for the enemy." Russia routinely targets Ukraine's defense production with missile and drone attacks. But beyond that, the Ukrainian market is "not the biggest one, and it's very local," limited by what Ukraine's limited defense budget can afford. And at General Cherry, "we don't want to stay the local players." Ukrainian products, like interceptor drones, are increasingly in demand. AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky Another concern is that without an international market presence, foreign companies could copy Ukrainian innovations and scale production, taking market share that could have gone to Ukrainian firms.The company is now partnering with US manufacturer Wilcox Industries to make first-person-view (FPV) and interceptor drones in the US, with development led by General Cherry and production based at Wilcox's facility in New Hampshire.The project is still awaiting formal approval, but the firm says Ukraine has endorsed the move, explaining it's "about scaling what works" and "bringing Ukrainian technology to the global level."Hryshyn said that for security reasons, he could not comment on where the drones produced through the partnership would go, Ukraine or the US.James ...
UK announces biggest ever drone package for Ukraine to push back Putin
Biggest ever UK drone package for Ukraine announced, including more than 120,000 drones, supplying cutting-edge battlefield technology.
Ukraine's ambassador spells out why a Kyiv-Washington partnership is so ...
Also, American defense technology company Anduril Industries just announced a strategic partnership with the Ukrainian drone detection and electronic warfare firm Kara Dag Technologies.
