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Ukraine’s F-Drones Delivers 2,000 FPV Drones to Pentagon for Drone Dominance Trials
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Ukraine’s F-Drones has delivered the first 2,000 F10 FPV drones to the US military under the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program, making the F10 the first Ukrainian drone authorized for export to the United States under the initiative, Militarnyi reported on July 31.
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The company told Militarnyi that the batch is undergoing acceptance procedures. Once those are completed, US military personnel will begin training on the systems.
Any larger orders will depend on the acceptance results and further evaluations. F-Drones said the current agreement includes an option for up to 1,000 additional FPV drones.
The F10 is a strike quadcopter equipped with an FPV camera and designed to carry an explosive payload against armored vehicles, military equipment, and personnel.
According to Militarnyi, the drone is assembled without Chinese components, with most parts sourced in Ukraine and Europe.
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The Pentagon selected the F10 during Gauntlet I, the program’s first stage. It ranked sixth among 25 systems tested at Fort Benning, Georgia, in February 2026, scoring 72.9 out of 100 and placing among 11 selected systems.
F-Drones is participating in the program alongside its US partner, UDD Tech Corp.
The company has also qualified for Gauntlet II and is expected to provide 120 drones for training US operators.
Militarnyi reported that evaluations scheduled for late August will involve American personnel flying the drones. The results will determine whether F-Drones receives larger follow-on orders, potentially including a contract for up to 9,000 units.
The Drone Dominance Program is a $1 billion US Defense Department initiative intended to procure more than 200,000 drones for American forces by 2027. Candidate systems are evaluated across four Gauntlet stages.
F-Drones also recently became a founding member of the Ukraine–EU Drone Alliance, which was established to expand unmanned-systems production among Ukrainian and European manufacturers.
The delivery comes amid expanding US–Ukraine cooperation on military drone technology.
On July 22, Ukraine and the United States signed a bilateral statement of intent establishing a framework for the temporary export of Ukrainian unmanned systems to the US for testing by the Pentagon.
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