Drone Deal: NSDC has already approved 20 applications to export finished weapons, - export control commission head Aloian
Drone Industry
The National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) has already approved 20 applications from Ukrainian manufacturers to export finished weapons, including to countries that have signed "Drone Deal" agreements.
Davyd Aloian, head of the Interdepartmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation and Export Control Policy under the NSDC, said this in an interview with Forbes, Censor.NET reports.
Ukrainian drone exports: from application approvals to deliveries
"We have now reviewed more than 450 applications, with over 90% approved. These do indeed often concern components of the final product or services (warranty servicing, repairs). The number of applications for technology transfers and finished products is small, but it is growing. Overall, we have more than 20 approved applications to export finished products, including to countries that have signed Drone Deal agreements," Aloian said.
He noted that deliveries under "Drone Deal" had already begun.
"Practical implementation of the ‘Drone Deal’ agreements with a number of countries is already underway: identifying what they need, beginning the contracting process and, accordingly, deliveries. When we restored the possibility of exports at the beginning of this year, our manufacturers prioritised technology transfers in their work abroad. This included both Build with Ukraine and work on mechanisms for relocation abroad. All of this is now translating into practical results," Aloian said.
He said that building production facilities for Ukrainian drones in other customer countries was being considered for the future.
"The next stage in the evolution of cooperation with international partners is for them to buy our drones manufactured on their territory for their own use, which is precisely what is possible and already happening under the Drone Deal initiative. It was clear that partners financing drone purchases for Ukraine would, within one to two years, want to use these production capabilities and solutions for their own needs as well," the NSDC representative said.
At the same time, he stressed that arms exports must serve the needs of Ukraine’s Defence Forces.
"In a country where active hostilities are ongoing, arms exports must benefit our security and defence sector. Directly, rather than indirectly through taxes. A mechanism could be established to channel administrative fees paid under the fast-track procedure into a special fund or another instrument—and then to the front," Aloian stressed.
