{"id":53307,"date":"2026-07-12T19:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/53307\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T19:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:56:27","slug":"germany-funds-50000-strike-drones-for-ukraine-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/53307\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Funds 50,000 Strike Drones for Ukraine, Source Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) &#8211; Germany is funding \u206050,000 \u2060attack drones for Ukraine, a \u2060source familiar with the matter said, in an order that marks \u200bone of the biggest known purchases of drones for Kyiv by a Western government.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has relied \u200cheavily on a range of unmanned \u200cvehicles during the more than four-year-old war against Russia, and it is producing millions \u2060of drones \u2060annually as Ukrainian forces conduct thousands of drone strikes each day.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200battack drone order involves Shrike first-person-view (FPV) drones made by major Ukrainian manufacturer SkyFall and equipped with software from U.S. defence technology firm Auterion designed to autonomously track and hit moving targets in the \u200bfinal phase of the flight.<\/p>\n<p>Auterion CEO Lorenz Meier confirmed the size of the contract, \u2060adding \u2060that it was worth about \u20ac90 \u2060million ($103 million) \u200band was funded by a European country. Meier told Reuters some of the drones had \u200balready been delivered to \u2060Ukraine&#8217;s government with the rest due for dispatch this year.<\/p>\n<p>SkyFall confirmed Germany&#8217;s involvement, but said the company could not comment on the details of the purchase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s Defence Ministry declined to comment, citing operational security.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s Defence Ministry also declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>SHRIKE CATCHES PENTAGON&#8217;S EYE<\/p>\n<p>The Shrike, a \u2060low-cost drone that has been deployed in Ukraine since 2023, recently gained prominence overseas.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2060version called Shrike 10-F produced by SkyFall with UK company Skycutter recently topped the leaderboard in the first round of a Pentagon-run competition as part of a $1.1 billion initiative to buy hundreds of thousands of one-way attack drones. Auterion said its software was being used in several entries in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Meier said Auterion was helping to supply a total of 100,000 drones for Ukraine this year in partnership with different hardware makers, funded by several Western governments.<\/p>\n<p>That also includes \u2060a $50 million Pentagon contract to provide 33,000 drones, which he said have been delivered to Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Britain said it would provide 150,000 drones to Ukraine this year as part of a broader \u00a3752 million ($1.01 billion) funding package.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Cassell Bryan-Low; Additional reporting by Sabine Siebold in Berlin and \u200bDaniel Flynn in Kyiv;Editing by Helen Popper)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Photos You Should See \u2013 June 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783886187_992_june-26-pyss-u01.jpg\" alt=\"A woman's hand presses against a plastic sheet used to replace the shattered glass of a balcony door damaged in an Israeli strike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, June 19, 2026. 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