Digital minister says country could double production but does not have money to contract for manufacturers’ full capability
Ukraine could make 2m drones a year – double the existing rate of production – with extra financial support from the US, other western governments and private citizens, the country’s minister for digital transformation has claimed.
“We’ve been able to scale the market so much that we can manufacture more than one or even two million drones,” he said, arguing that there was potential to increase production of all types of drones further. Ukraine was almost self-sufficient in drone assembly as a result, Fedorov said, with the exception of commercial quadcopters for reconnaissance. However, components would always have to be sourced internationally, he added.
The drones could typically only carry a relatively small amount of explosive, the size of two grenades, Fedorov said, meaning “we can’t say that drones are a full substitute for artillery”.
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