On Tuesday, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced that three manufacturers have received state contracts for the production of interceptor drones.
“The state is developing the market of Ukrainian interceptor drones. Yesterday, three manufacturers received state contracts. In total, we already have four contracts worth more than UAH 3 billion. We will continue to scale these technologies,” he wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
Shmyhal also said that he and First Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov met with representatives of the Brave1 state defense innovation cluster, the team of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, drone manufacturers, and Ukraine’s largest volunteer foundations.
“We focused on providing drones to our soldiers on the front line. Much attention was paid to interceptor drones, which are capable of countering Russian “shaheds”. The President has set a task to develop this area. We have already signed four state contracts with manufacturers. This week, we also talked to large state-owned banks about lending to manufacturers under state guarantees,” the minister said.
In addition, according to Shmyhal, the Ministry of Defense is negotiating with partners to raise funding for the purchase of such interceptors, and the first agreements have already been reached.
