Industry Minister: Ukraine on Track to Make 1M Drones in 2024

The country has already produced 50,000 drones so far this month, according to the country's strategic industries minister.

Kimberly Johnson

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 05:58 PM ET

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Drone operators from the 93rd Mechanized Brigade known as Black Ravens. [Courtesy: Ukraine Ministry of Defense]

Key Takeaways:

Ukraine plans to produce at least a million first-person-view (FPV) military drones and thousands of medium- and long-range attack drones in 2024.
The country demonstrated significant production capacity by manufacturing over 50,000 FPV drones in December, with all facilities ready for increased output.
Russia is also advancing its drone capabilities, developing space communication systems to control large drone constellations, viewing ground-based control as inadequate.

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Ukraine is on track to make at least a million first-person-view (FPV) military drones in the year ahead, according to a top government official.

In addition to the FPV drones, the country has plans to make more than 10,000 medium-range and more than 1,000 long-range attack drones in 2024, Oleksandr Kamyshin, the Ukrainian minister of strategic industries who oversees the nation’s defense industry, said Wednesday.