Ukraine’s state-owned company, Ukrainian Defense Industry (Ukroboronprom), signed an agreement with the U.S. weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman on ammunition production, the Presidential Office said on July 11. David Bartell, Northrop Grumman’s director of international business, said back in June that the company is planning to set up shop in Ukraine and looks toexpand production into tank ammo, and 155 mm artillery shells. Kyiv has been courting Western arms producers in an effort to localize domestic production and decrease reliance on foreign supplies. The two companies agreed to launch…