KNDS Group Chairman Philippe Petitcolin signed a document in Paris, in the presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, which officially establishes the Ukrainian subsidiary.
KNDS France makes long-range 155mm Caesar howitzers for Ukraine. Lecornu and his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, said late in March that the Ukrainian subsidiary would produce both military equipment and munitions.