{
  "id": 16322345,
  "title": "A NATO drone maker says Ukraine's underground factories hold a lesson for the West. It's learning that firsthand.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/a-nato-drone-maker-says-ukraines-underground-factories-hold-a-lesson",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T11:54:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-nato-drone-maker-says-underground-factories-lesson-for-west-2026-10"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NATO drone manufacturer ORQA is working with Ukrainian defense firm General Cherry to manufacture drone parts underground, learning valuable lessons about wartime production. The partnership aims to teach Western companies the importance of distributed manufacturing in times of crisis. ORQA CEO Srđan Kovačević explained that production in Ukraine is more efficient and resilient to attacks compared to shipping components from NATO countries. Ukrainian defense firms are increasingly spreading their manufacturing across multiple sites, including underground facilities, to avoid being targeted by Russian attacks. ORQA's CEO believes that the West should learn from Ukraine's experience in building and scaling under attack, as it reinforces resilience even with economic downsides. Ukrainian defense companies are working to break up their production more to maintain operations during conflicts.",
  "summary": "Drone maker ORQA is co-producing with Ukraine's General Cherry, but instead of them building everything in NATO, they're making some gear under fire.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/a-bird-in-the-hand-how-ukraines-sokil-drone-could-improve-battlefield",
        "published": "2026-10-24T10:41:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}