At a time when reducing imports and building national capacity is become ever more important, Ukraine has achieved what seemed impossible: producing drones using entirely locally made components. This gives them an unrivalled ability to develop and mass produce drones to their exact requirements. More surprising is the cost. Rather than adding a premium, by building locally the Ukrainians are actually undercutting Chinese makers. Last month, Ukrainian makers Vyriy Drone performed an official handover of the first batch of 1,000 “all-Ukrainian” FPV drones. A company spokesman said the government did not demand local production, but it has been one a long-term company goal. Vyriy Drones have been making FPVs for over two years. The spokesman noted that Vyriy make their own frames, initiation boards, flight controllers, and radio control systems, and that other components including cameras and video transmitters and cameras are sourced from Ukrainian companies. It is important to note that some of the electronic chips in that make up devices may in fact come from China or other countries. But these are simple building blocks, commodity products which can be sourced from the U.S. and Japan. They are very different to specialist end products for drones like flight controllers.

Full story : Ukraine Is Making FPV Drones Without Chinese Parts And At Lower Cost.