Ukraine’s Defender Media reports that Japan’s Terra Drone has announced a strategic investment in Ukrainian company WinnyLab, which develops fixed-wing interceptor drones. The partners also unveiled the Terra A2 UAV, which is expected to become “a key element of a layered air defence system.”
“The size of the deal was not disclosed. However, in a previous conversation with Defender Media, Terra Drone CEO Toru Tokushige said that each of the company’s investments in Ukrainian defence projects would range between USD0.5 million and USD1 million. In total, Terra Drone plans to invest around USD10 million in Ukraine’s unmanned technologies sector.”
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