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Ukraine says it is launching a new supply model to get drones to troops faster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Its defense minister said the system would reduce delivery times from months to weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Ukraine has ramped up its domestic drone production since the start of the war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ukraine is launching a new drone supply model that aims to reduce delivery times to troops from months to weeks.<\/p>\n
Rustem Umerov, the Ukrainian defense minister, announced the new system in a Facebook post<\/a> on Thursday after meeting with representatives from Ukrainian drone manufacturers.<\/p>\n The new model is designed to facilitate the “fast and uninterrupted supply of the best UAVs for our soldiers,” Umerov said.<\/p>\n As well as reducing delivery times, the system will help support manufacturers by giving them advanced orders, meaning they can plan production scaling, he added.<\/p>\n It is based on the DOT-Chain supply management system, which Ukraine first introduced<\/a> in September as part of a push to digitize and streamline the process of supplying the military.<\/p>\n It’s not the first time Kyiv has tried to smooth the process of drone acquisition for its troops.<\/p>\n The Ukrainian defense ministry announced in January that its armed forces would receive an additional UAH 2.5 billion (around $60 million) a month to procure new drones, in a move designed to reduce brigades’ reliance on centralized acquisition efforts<\/a> and allow them to purchase the equipment they need directly.<\/p>\n