Tiberius Aerospace, a modern defence technology company supporting the UK, US and their allies with next-generation weapon systems and AI-powered solutions, today announced that technology validated in Ukrainian battlefields will be available for manufacturing in the United Kingdom through its proprietary platform GRAIL. This approach enables the UK’s dual-use manufacturing base to scale production of systems that have been tested and validated in real operational environments. The arrangement will provide the foundations for and a methodology to rapidly incorporate urgent operational requirements emerging from frontline activity and, by leveraging the benefits of GRAIL, strengthen national resilience through fast-paced production, while supporting an ally and increasing export growth.
GRAIL, already available on Tradewinds, the U.S. Department of War’s suite of tools designed to accelerate procurement and the adoption of data and analytics, is an AI-powered defence ecosystem developed by Tiberius Aerospace. It connects frontline demand directly to the industrial base, enabling faster, more iterative delivery of critical capabilities. By bringing together governments, primes, SMEs and innovators on a single secure platform, GRAIL shifts procurement away from static, programme-led cycles towards a continuous, demand-driven model of Defence-as-a-Service.
The agreement follows a significant policy shift to open export pathways for Ukrainian weapons systems, moving Ukraine from being a recipient of military support to an exporter of battlefield-proven innovation and technology. GRAIL provides a secure mechanism for allied nations to absorb and scale frontline technologies through distributed industrial production at speed and at scale. In doing so, it addresses a growing strategic imbalance. While adversaries iterate in real time, Western procurement systems currently remain constrained by long development cycles. The result is a widening gap between battlefield adaptation and industrial response.
Andy Baynes, Co-Founder of Tiberius Aerospace, said “Ukraine has shown us that modern warfare evolves in real time. Systems are adapted in weeks, not years, and effectiveness is proven under fire, not in theory. On the ground, I saw engineers developing and deploying updates to weapon systems in days to counter rapidly shifting threats. If you’re not able to iterate at that speed, you’re not just slow, you’re obsolete. By making Ukraine-validated IP available on GRAIL for UK manufacturing, we’re creating a direct link from frontline innovation to British industry, thereby strengthening sovereign capability, supporting domestic jobs and accelerating production at home. This is about moving beyond static platforms to an ecosystem that evolves continuously at the pace of the threat.”
Achi, CEO of Ark Robotics, a European technology company with a strong presence across the Ukrainian battlefield said: “Ark develops autonomous, affordable robotic systems built for rapid deployment and shaped by real operational feedback. This constant pressure ensures our technology remains grounded in reality, driving clarity and reliability in our engineering. As a European company, we focus on testing and validating our systems so they are proven in real-world conditions. Through GRAIL, we can then access UK manufacturing capacity to scale production of these validated systems quickly and efficiently.”
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