Germany and Ukraine are engaged in expanding the production of drones of different ranges: with a range of less than 100 km to 1,500 km, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said.
“We focus on proven projects where we are engaged in developing ventures between Germany and Ukraine. And this of course concerns, in particular, the joint development and production of drones with different ranges, from less than 100 kilometres to 1,500 kilometres,” he said at a briefing with his Ukrainian counterpart Mykhailo Fedorov in Kiev.
According to Interfax-Ukraine correspondent on Monday, Pistorius stressed that Germany will continue to support the sphere of unmanned systems in the future, and the development of long-range drones is of great importance. Separately, the head of the ministry noted that “when deployed en masse, they can successfully overcome and thus overwhelm enemy air defences.”
“This is a capability that we are also working on very intensively within NATO,” Pistorius noted.
He also recalled the FRG’s intention to join the Brave1 platform.
“I already announced this before our meeting in Berlin…Today we are taking another step…innovation developers who can present promising products will receive financial support through this platform. This way their innovations will be able to be applied on the battlefield at an early stage and tested for effectiveness,” the minister added.
As reported, Pistorius arrived in Kiev on Monday for talks on expanding cooperation in the defence industry with Ukraine. He signed together with Fedorov a letter of intent between the ministries on cooperation in the field of defence technology innovation – Brave Germany .