Ukrainian UAV manufacturers managed to fulfill the task ahead of schedule – 1 million drones for the Defense Forces have already been contracted.
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Digital Transformation.
«In December 2023, President Volodymyr Zelensky set the task of producing a million drones for the Defense Forces. The task is accomplished, the drones have already been contracted for the Defense Forces. These are, in particular, domestic FPV drones, long-range, reconnaissance and other types of UAVs that are already working at the front, the message says.
During the full-scale war, Ukraine created and developed the UAV market from scratch: if in 2022, there were only 7 drone manufacturers in Ukraine that could receive state contracts, now there are already 87. In general, the production of drones has increased 100 times over the past two years.
Currently, 96% of UAVs purchased by the state , — of Ukrainian production. In order to open up the market, conditions were created for scaling up production and more than 20 revolutionary laws and regulations were passed. In particular, the admission of UAVs to operation was simplified, VAT and duty on components were abolished, the margin was increased from 1% to 25%, additional permits were removed, etc.
These steps allowed manufacturers to scale production and openly compete for government contracts , and the state — to purchase drones on the most favorable terms.
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