The UK will invest £4.5bn in drones for its armed forces off the back of lessons learned in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence has announced.
The UK Defence Drone Strategy will see all elements of the military experimenting with, testing and evaluating unmanned systems.
“The conflict in Ukraine has been an incubator for new ways of war and we need to learn and implement those hard-fought lessons,” said defence procurement minister James Cartlidge.
“Rapidly being able to develop and upgrade uncrewed systems will be key to gaining battlefield advantage.”
He added: “Ultimately, this is about learning the lessons from the Ukrainian frontline.”
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