The Defence Procurement Agency of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine delivered over 1 million FPV drones for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in January-July 2025. In total, the AOZ has already contracted over 2 million FPV drones for 2025, the defense ministry reports.
The agency's director, Arsen Zhumadilov, noted that the transfer of a million FPV drones is an important stage, but not the final one.
"We have launched additional mechanisms to enable a large-scale supply of UAVs. These are framework agreements under the Prozorro system and DOT-Chain Defence. The latter provides units with the ability to independently choose the drones necessary for their missions. We are working to ensure the Armed Forces receive the necessary high-quality UAVs funded by the state budget," he noted.
The Ministry of Defence added that to ensure further growth in supply volumes, the AOZ has launched new approaches to procurement. Among them are framework agreements based on tactical and technical characteristics and the DOT-Chain Defence weapons marketplace.
The Ministry of Defence explained that these framework agreements allow manufacturers to contract not by specific product names, but by the compliance of their drones with performance requirements.
"This enables the engagement of a broad spectrum of manufacturers in the procurement process, promotes competition among them, and guarantees transparency through bidding conducted on Prozorro," the department said in a statement.
It was added that the DOT-Chain Defence IT system allows the military to independently choose UAVs, as in a marketplace. This ensures targeted and fast delivery of drones to the front. Currently, the digital platform is operating in pilot mode, where 12 combat brigades order the drones they really need.