Ukraine's F-Drones receives permit to export drones and ships 2,000 UAVs to US
Ukrainian company F-Drones has shipped 2,000 F10 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) to the United States after Ukraine's State Service for Export Control granted permission for their export on 1 July.
Source: Defender Media, a Ukrainian military news outlet, citing a representative of F-Drones
Details: "The permit is working – the drones have already crossed the state border," the company representative said.
Defence Media noted that this is the first time Ukraine has officially authorised the export of fully assembled Ukrainian-made UCAVs. Previously, export approvals had mainly covered individual technologies or components.
The company also said it "received the permit before new government decisions simplifying the export of military-purpose goods under martial law came into force".
According to F-Drones representatives, the company completed the full approval cycle within the existing export control mechanism and received a positive decision from the interagency commission on military-technical cooperation policy and export control. The procedure was supported by the state-owned company Spetstechnoexport.
Background:
- It was reported earlier that F-Drones had taken part in the first phase of the Pentagon's Drone Dominance Programme through its US representative office UDD Tech Corp. Following the Gauntlet I stage, the company ranked sixth and received a US government contract to supply 2,000 FPV drones. It was also selected for the next stage of the programme.
- Ukrainska Pravda also reported that F-Drones will open its first assembly and manufacturing centre in the US through UDD Tech Corp.
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