By 2030, Russia to produce over 32,000 drones each year

Russia plans to produce more than 32,000 drones each year by 2030 and for domestic producers to account for 70% of the market, the TASS news agency cited first deputy prime minister Andrei Belousov as saying on Saturday. Drones have been widely used by Moscow and Kyiv since Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and both sides are sharply increasing military production as the war drags on.
“The annual production volume of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – excluding educational UAVs – is planned at 32,500 units,” Belousov told TASS. “This is almost three times higher than current production volumes. “At the same time, it is planned that the share of Russian UAVs will make up 70% of the market in this type of UAV.”