ARX Industries
German-Ukrainian joint venture building the Rys Pro ground drone in both countries.
On 25 June 2026, at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk, Germany's ARX Robotics and Ukraine's Roboneers founded ARX Industries, a joint venture to mass-produce the Rys Pro modular ground robot at sites in both countries.
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ARX Industries is a joint venture between Germany's ARX Robotics and Ukraine's Roboneers, set up to mass-produce the Rys Pro modular uncrewed ground vehicle at manufacturing sites in both countries.
The venture widens ARX Robotics's existing footprint, which already runs a fivefold expansion of its GEREON line for Ukraine and a GBP45 million British Army production line with Supacat, giving the group manufacturing bases across three countries rather than one.
A shared-equity structure distinguishes ARX Industries from looser supply arrangements common in the sector, where manufacturers typically sign non-binding intent letters rather than commit joint capital, positioning the venture as a long-term production partner rather than a one-off supplier deal.
ARX Industries commits to dual-country output
ARX Industries was founded on 25 June 2026 as a shared-equity joint venture between Germany's ARX Robotics and Ukraine's Roboneers, formed to mass-produce the Rys Pro modular ground robot at plants in both countries.
For ARX Industries, equity ownership is a firmer commitment than the non-binding memoranda other manufacturers signed at Eurosatory a fortnight earlier, and it lands as Ukraine's Ministry of Defence codifies ground-robot models at nearly double last year's rate, giving the venture a codified, wartime-scale market to build into from its first day.
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