Ukraine has several well developed design bureaus that were inherited from the Soviet Union. Many of them are party of the state Ukrainian defense industry complex Ukroboronprom.

• Yuzhnoye Design Bureau of Yangel ( Dnipro), specialization in rockets
• Luch Design Bureau (LUCH)

• Kharkiv Design Bureau of Morozov ( Kharkiv), specialization in armored vehicles
• Kharkiv Design Bureau in engine construction [ uk] ( Kharkiv, website), specialization in design of internal combustion engines
• Science-production complex "Fotoprylad" ( Cherkasy, website), specialization in optics
• Kyiv Automatics Plant ( Kyiv, [1]), specialization in support technology in various fields for armed forces
• Design Bureau "Artyleriyske ozbroyennya" ( Kyiv, website), specialization in artillery guns design

• Antonov State Company, specialization in large aircraft
• Progress Design Bureau of Ivchenko ( Zaporizhzhia), specialization in aviation engines
• Kharkiv Aggregate Design Bureau ( Kharkiv, website), specialization in supporting systems for aviation and rocket technologies
• Research-design bureau of general purpose aviation ( Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, Bucha Raion)

• Science-production complex Iskra (Spark) ( Zaporizhzhia, website), specialization in radiolocating capabilities ( Radiolocation)

• Central Design Bureau Izumrud ( Kherson)
• State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center ( Mykolaiv, website), specialization in ship design
• Zorya-Mashproekt science production complex of gas turbine building ( Mykolaiv, website), specialization in ship engines
• Kyi Science-research Institute of Hydrodevices ( Kyiv, website), specialization in hydro devices

• Ukrainian science-research institute of aviation technology ( Kyiv, website)
• Ukrainian State science-research institute of construction materials "Prometei" ( Mariupol)

• Ukrainian Defense Industry website