Delegations from the Ukrainian and UK defence ministries have signed a licensing settlement to launch manufacturing of the Ukrainian-designed Octopus interceptor drone.

Supply: Ukraine's Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal

Particulars: Shmyhal stated the settlement is an important subsequent step, enabling the manufacture of Ukrainian-designed interceptors, which have proved efficient in opposition to Shahed drones, in the UK.

Quote: "Mass manufacturing of the interceptors is deliberate, doubtlessly reaching a number of thousand models monthly. The drones manufactured shall be transferred to Ukraine to strengthen the safety of our sky."

Background:

• It was earlier reported that the Octopus interceptor drone has gone into mass manufacturing in Ukraine. The know-how has been transferred to a few preliminary producers, with one other eleven getting ready manufacturing traces. Shmyhal stated Octopus is solely Ukrainian, developed by the Armed Forces to intercept Shahed-type drones that Russia makes use of in its every day assaults on Ukraine, and has been proved in fight. It operates at evening, below jamming and at low altitudes.
• On the finish of October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered the drones in London.

Help Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!