Ukrainian defense technology company Frontline Robotics and Estonian robotics firm Milrem Robotics have expanded their collaboration with a new agreement to develop anti-drone robotic complexes, announced at the Eurosatory 2026 defense exhibition in Paris this week.
A Deepening Partnership
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding at Eurosatory 2026 to advance their joint work on counter-unmanned aerial vehicle systems. According to dev.ua, the Ukrainian outlet that first reported the agreement, the partnership will focus on creating robotic complexes designed to neutralize drone threats. Frontline Robotics revealed a counter-UAV shotgun system integrated onto an unmanned ground vehicle at the show, according to Janes.
The cooperation will combine Frontline Robotics’ Buria remote weapon station with Milrem’s Logist unmanned ground vehicle, while also advancing joint work on AI-powered threat detection, Frontline Robotics said in a LinkedIn post. The two firms have a history of collaboration — in 2025, Frontline Robotics integrated its Burya turret onto Milrem’s THeMIS platform.
Parallel Deal with Dropla on AI Threat Detection
Separately, Frontline Robotics announced a collaboration with Dropla, a Danish-Ukrainian company, to jointly develop AI solutions for unmanned ground vehicles capable of detecting threats in real time. Dev.ua reported that the joint work will combine Ukrainian engineering expertise with Danish industrial capabilities to create a new class of ground combat platforms.
Broader Context
The announcements come amid a rapid expansion of Ukraine’s ground robotics program. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry contracted 25,000 unmanned ground vehicles in the first half of 2026, more than double its 2025 total, as Kyiv moves to shift frontline logistics away from soldiers, according to Defense News. Ukrainian unmanned systems have carried out over 22,000 missions in 2026.
Milrem Robotics, meanwhile, has been on a signing spree at Eurosatory 2026, also inking deals with Frankenburg Technologies on mobile counter-UAS missile defense and with France’s CNIM Systèmes Industriels on unmanned engineering reconnaissance. The Estonian firm recently opened a new assembly line in the Netherlands to boost production capacity, and has pitched a broader concept for robotic defense zones along NATO’s eastern border from Finland to Poland.
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