Over 14,000 drones for the front lines: Ukraine has signed billion-dollar contracts for UAVs
28 April 17:45
On April 20–24, the Defense Ministry’s state-owned enterprise “Defense Procurement Agency” signed contracts worth billions of hryvnias for the purchase of drones. This involves over 14,000 drones worth 2.46 billion hryvnias, which are expected to enhance the military’s capabilities in the near future. This information is available on theProzorro public procurement system, according to "Komersant Ukrainian".
In total, contracts were signed for 14,125 drones of various types. Some of the agreements are still in the signing stage. At the same time, the tenders resulted in savings of over 100 million hryvnias.
Which drones were purchased
The largest share of purchases was for popular models used for reconnaissance and fire control.
In particular, thousands of Matrice and Autel kits were purchased. These drones are actively used on the front lines due to their functionality and relative affordability.
Prices for most models are close to the market average or to those already recorded in government procurements this year. In some cases, the government even buys them at a lower price.
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Drones purchased:
- 5,800 Matrice 4T units for 1.14 billion UAH at 192,485–202,822 UAH per unit. The average price on Prozorro in 2026 is 186,736 UAH.
- 5,500 Matrice 4E kits for 825.06 million UAH at 143,000–152,900 UAH per kit. The average price on Prozorro this year is 144,488 UAH.
- 1,825 Autel Evo Max 4T kits for 274.64 million UAH at 147,380–152,000 UAH per kit. The average price on Prozorro is 153,469.
- 1,000 Autel Evo Max 4N kits for 219 million UAH at 219,000 UAH per kit. The average price on Prozorro is 239,319.
The new contracts include additional equipment, specifically suspension protection and a mobile communication module. These components were not included in previous procurements.
According to journalists from “Nashi Hroshi,” since the beginning of the year, the military has already received twice as many of these systems as it did in all of 2025.
As a reminder, Ukraine and Norway are establishing the first joint production facility for Ukrainian drones. Plans call for the manufacture of several thousand mid-strike drones in Norway.
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