US reportedly places additional order for 1,320 Ukrainian FPV attack drones
The US military has placed an additional order for 1,320 F10 strike FPV drones from Ukrainian company F-Drones.
Source: Ukrainian military news outlet Militarnyi, citing F-Drones
Details: The drones have been ordered as part of the Drone Dominance programme.
Drone Dominance is a US$1 billion US Department of Defense programme to procure small strike drones over the next two years.
By 2027, the US plans to procure more than 200,000 drones under the programme.
The Ukrainian company ranks second among participants in the first stage of the programme in terms of the size of its additional order.
The additional F10 order must be fulfilled by the end of November.
F-Drones expects to receive its Ukrainian export permit in time to fulfil the contract on schedule.
Militarnyi notes that F-Drones has sufficient production capacity to fulfil additional orders without affecting deliveries of drones to the front line.
The F10 became the first Ukrainian drone to receive official authorisation for export to the US.
The first batch of 2,000 drones ordered by the US military under the Drone Dominance programme was shipped to the Pentagon in July.
F-Drones is represented in the US market by UDD Tech Corp.
Background:
- Ukraine and the United States signed a statement of intent that lays the groundwork for an unprecedented defence partnership and allows Ukrainian drones to be exported to the US for military testing.
- Back in May, CBS News reported that the US and Ukrainian governments had prepared a draft memorandum outlining terms for a potential new defence agreement between the countries focusing on the field of drones.
- On 8 July, during the NATO summit in Ankara, US President Donald Trump said that the US would purchase drones from Ukraine.
- In July, Reuters reported that the Pentagon acknowledged the US was lagging behind Ukraine significantly in terms of drone production.
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