One million FVP drones by 2024 is "quite realistic goal" – Ministry of Digital Transformation
This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Development of Education, Science and Technology - Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov in a podcast on the Youtube channel Diia, Censor.NET reports.
"In 2022, only 7 drone manufacturers passed trial operation and could receive government contracts. This is critically low. Then we gathered and interviewed more than 80 manufacturers, discussed their blockers, and started working on changing the policy.
More than 20 laws and regulations have been adopted, taxes on components have been eliminated, and companies have been allowed to incorporate into Diia.City. We have also increased the margin for manufacturers to 25%, while in NATO countries this figure is 17%," the minister said.
According to Fedorov, in 2023, Ukrainian companies produced and the state purchased 100 times more drones than in 2022.
"Funding and production capacity have increased. Now we can produce more than a million FPVs a year," the head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation emphasized.
