Even more drones

These significant funds will go towards the implementation of the UK’s Drone Strategy, recently announced by the country’s Ministry of Defence, which cited “lessons learned in Ukraine” as the catalyst for the effort.

The agency said the program was designed to “rapidly trial, test and evaluate unmanned platforms by bringing together approaches from the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force combined by UK Strategic Command.”

The new approach includes the rapid delivery of systems to the armed forces, equipping personnel with critical intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance, attack and logistics capabilities. This will eliminate long development times and lengthy discussions about requirements. Once operational, the system will be able to be developed and updated “to keep up with the rapid development of technology and the changing threat environment.”

Announcing the program, UK Defense Procurement Secretary James Cartledge emphasized that the innovative deployment of drones in Ukraine has taught militaries around the world lessons they can build on; This work is likely to completely change the way wars are planned and fought from now on.

The conflict in Ukraine has become an incubator for new ways to wage war, and we must learn and apply these hard lessons. The ability to rapidly develop and modernize unmanned systems will be key to gaining advantage on the battlefield, and we must seize this opportunity to develop and sustain such skills and capabilities in the UK. The strategy brings together a clear and unified focus, supported by billions of dollars in financing, while providing flexibility to meet diverse requirements in the air, on land and at sea. Ultimately, it is a matter of learning from the Ukrainian front and supplying unmanned aerial vehicles to the British Armed Forces on a large scale.
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The country’s administration does not specify whether at least some of these funds are intended for drones that will later be transferred to Ukraine or whether they will be spent only for its own needs. Even so, you can expect at least cooperation from Ukrainian developers and the military, who already have experience with UAVs on the battlefield and understand what the best drone should be for various purposes.

We will remind Britain will spend £2.5 billion to support Ukraine in the next financial year. More than 200 million pounds will be spent to supply unmanned systems to Ukraine. As announced last week by the Minister of Defense of Great Britain, the country will expand its program to provide first-person perspective (FPV) to unmanned aerial vehicles within the framework of the Drone Capability Coalition.