According to him, the number of manufacturing companies has grown to 200 by now.
"In 2022, only seven drone manufacturers passed trials and could receive government contracts. This was critically low. Then we gathered and interviewed more than 80 manufacturers, discussed what blocked them, and started working on changing the policy. We adopted more than 20 laws and regulations, eliminated taxes on components, and allowed companies to get incorporated into Diia.City. We have also increased the margin for manufacturers to 25%, while in NATO countries this figure is 17%," the minister said.
He noted that 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," he said.