“Ukraine has become the world’s top producer of FPV drones, manufacturing more than 2.2 million units and rapidly expanding its defense industrial base to meet the demands of modern warfare,” leading defense officials said during the Ukrainian Weapons 2024 forum in Kyiv.

“We’ve already begun working with $35 billion in investments and contracts.”

“We’ve ramped up manufacturing of missiles, electronic warfare systems (EW and REW), and ground robotic platforms.”

More than 50% of the materials used in these systems are now sourced locally.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Wondering - are they making the component parts as well? The motors, propellers, altimeters, frames, etc. or buying them from China, etc? Edit - adding -Looking for more information than what is provided in article

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Seems some are.

“In addition, there’s already a company that has built drones using 100% domestically produced components.”

This shift to localization marks a critical milestone for Ukraine’s defense industry. In addition to ensuring faster delivery and supply chain security, it signals Ukraine’s strategic aim to become self-reliant in defense manufacturing amid Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Have no idea on what those numbers are though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You see that China!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It is a great opportunity for Ukraine because drones can do a lot useful work - like mine cleaning, delivering, agricultural jobs. For example we have a project in Ukraine to plant 1,000,000,000 trees. With the help of drones it will be possible to accomplish in short term