Ukraine, together with foreign partners, is already producing a kamikaze drone that can fly for 1,000 km. The Ukrainian Defence Forces order these drones, said Herman Smetanin, director of the Ukrainian Defence Industry JSC, in an interview with Ekonomichna Pravda.
According to him, Ukraine already has its own Shahed analogue, but there are more powerful models that can fly further than the Shahed. Production is focused on more complex and expensive projects with high performance.
The record for combat range among drones produced by the Ukrainian Defence Industry is currently 1,000 kilometres.
Work is also underway on the production of First-person-view drones.
"We need a lot of FPV drones now. We help private companies scale their developments. We have signed licence agreements with three large companies to manufacture their models. We have people, premises, components are delivered to us and we produce. We help everyone who comes to us to scale their developments," he said.