Ukraine’s First Domestic Guided Bombs Enter Combat Service With Air Force

The Ukrainian Air Force has received its first experimental batch of domestically produced guided bombs.

Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, said the project took 17 months to develop.

The bombs were created by a company within the Brave1 defense innovation cluster. They have successfully completed testing and are now ready for combat deployment.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has already purchased the initial experimental batch. Each bomb is equipped with a 250 kg warhead.

Ukrainian pilots are now training with the new weapon and adapting its use to frontline combat conditions.

“This is not a copy of Western or Soviet weapons, but a fully Ukrainian-designed system created by Ukrainian engineers to strike targets dozens of kilometers away after release,” said Mykhailo Fedorov.

He added that Ukrainian guided bombs will soon be used against Russian targets.

“We are scaling up technologies that improve strike range and accuracy and are reshaping the rules of modern warfare,” the minister said.

Development of Ukrainian guided bombs

In 2025, Ukraine tested its guided aerial bomb from a Sukhoi Su-24 frontline bomber.

At the time, it was reported that the weapon can strike targets at distances of up to 60 kilometers.

This range was achieved thanks to the use of universal glide and guidance modules.

Meanwhile, the development of solutions designed to increase the strike range to 80 km was already underway.