#Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

In 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine had just a handful of drone companies. Today, there are several hundred in drones alone. Across roughly a dozen DefenceTech subsectors, investments now run into the tens of millions of dollars. And that’s only what’s publicly visible.

Technology once used by Russian forces on the battlefield is now being turned back against them, as a Czech company supplies Ukraine with fiber-optic FPV drones developed from reverse-engineered Russian unmanned aerial vehicles.