Ukraine announced that it has developed its first domestically produced guided aerial bomb. The new device, created by DG Industry as part of the Brave1 military technological cluster, has passed all the required tests and has been declared ready for operational use. This was made known by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, according to which the ministry has already purchased a first experimental batch and the pilots are training for use in combat scenarios.
The bomb, developed over 17 months, carries a 250-kilo warhead and is designed to hit fortifications, command posts and other targets tens of kilometers away from the launch point. Kiev emphasizes that it would not be a copy of Western or Soviet systems, but an original Ukrainian project, adapted to the conditions of the ongoing war.
Guided aerial bombs, also known as glide bombs when equipped with gliding surfaces, are devices dropped from aircraft and corrected in flight using guidance and aerodynamic control systems. Their main function is to increase precision compared to unguided bombs and allow the aircraft to hit from greater distances, reducing exposure to enemy anti-aircraft fire. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense itself, in a fact sheet published on May 13, 2026, explains that gliding bombs can reach, depending on the model and launch conditions, distances in the order of tens of kilometers.