During the first half of 2026, the Defense Procurement Agency of the State Logistics Operator contracted unmanned aerial vehicles for UAH 333.6 billion. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Friday, July 17.

. Among the types of UAVs, FPV is the most contracted.

. In it, combat units independently select the necessary funds using budgetary funds..

The agency takes on the organizational part - from concluding contracts to payment and logistics control. Thanks to this, the average delivery time for funds from stock through the marketplace is nine days.

. Drones help stop the enemy by hitting enemy targets, carrying out reconnaissance and mining, as well as delivering the most necessary items to the Ukrainian military on the most dangerous sectors of the front..

. From now on, the need for drones is formed on the basis of high-quality data from the battlefield - this minimizes the human factor and subjective influence, and also reduces corruption risks. This approach is used for direct procurement of unmanned systems.

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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at the request of units, based on it, creates a list of funds for purchase, directly determining the quantity and nomenclature;

the agency is contracting the unmanned systems specified in it.

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. This allows you to involve the widest possible range of participants in the process.. This approach has already proven its effectiveness in another group of funds - in the competitive procurement of long-range 155 mm ammunition, where savings of more than 16% were achieved..

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This made it possible to maintain uninterrupted contracting and supply of relevant types of equipment during a period of sharp growth in world prices for optical fiber.

. It provides for a minimum guaranteed level of monthly provision of units with UAVs.

; \; bombers; scout wings; with easy middle strikes.

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