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Ministry of Defence to purchase 4,200 more drones for Armed Forces

The Ministry of Defence signed new contracts for the purchase of drones worth over UAH 1 billion.

Ministry of Defence to purchase 4,200 more drones for Armed Forces
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"The Defence Procurement Agency of the Ministry of Defence has signed new contracts for the purchase of 4,200 DJI Mavic 3E drones with additional equipment.

This is stated in the press service of the Ministry.

"Together with previous purchases, the total number of DJI Mavic drones contracted by the UAV Agency is already 8200 (7200 DJI Mavic 3E and 1000 DJI Mavic 3T). The total value of the contracts is UAH 1.1 billion," the statement said.

According to the results of the auctions on Prozorro, the average price per UAV was:

  • DJI Mavic 3E with three additional batteries and a charger - UAH 126.3 thousand;
  • DJI Mavic 3T with three additional batteries and a charger - UAH 194.2 thousand.

"We managed to save more than UAH 65 million from the expected cost on these procurements alone," said Maryna Bezrukova, Director of the Defence Procurement Agency.

In addition, as of 20 May, the Defence Procurement Agency has already held successful auctions for an additional 4,000 DJI Mavic 3E and 1,500 DJI Mavic 3T UAVs, where contracts are expected to be signed.

  • Within the framework of the Drone Coalition, Canada will start delivering 450 SkyRanger multi-role UAVs to Ukraine in the summer, Lithuania will provide €3 million for the production of FPV drones, and Germany will provide VECTOR 211 reconnaissance drones. 
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