Ukraine will launch production of microchips for high-precision weapons

Ukraine is preparing a program to create a network of companies for automated microchip design.

The National Industrial Portal reported that Ukraine will launch the production of microchips and parts for high-precision weapons.

The program’s production capacity can reach up to 50 thousand microcircuits per month within three years after the project’s launch.

Valeria Ionan, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for European Integration, noted that Ukraine will meet the needs of the domestic market and create a basis for exports.

If the strategy for reviving the industry will be approved, the Ministry of Digital Transformation plans to start looking for a partner for chip production in 2024.

The project is scheduled to be implemented in 2025.

According to Ionan, Ukraine will create a network of fabless companies (a company that does not have its own factory) for automated microcircuits design. This will make it possible to enter the chip market and take a position in the global semiconductor market.

For his part, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said that the Ministry of Digital Transformation plans to develop and present a Ukrainian chip in 2024.

He added that the ministry is working with various companies in this area, but has not disclosed any other details yet.

In turn, Anatolii Zahorodniy, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, said in the Security Talks that the institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine would be involved in the revival of microelectronics production in Ukraine.

“Over the past 30 years, microelectronics was not developed in the country. A lot of progress has been made in this area at the international level, and we need to catch up and catch up. It is clear that today not everything can be bought, not everything will be sold to us, so we need to rely primarily on our own strength. And this is exactly what the Academy will do – revive the microelectronics industry, because the need for this is extremely great,” says the President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Zahorodniy noted that the development and production of parts for missile infrared homing heads, which are needed by Ukrainian Defense Forces, is particularly relevant.