First UAV export permit: Ukraine’s F-Drones ships 2,000 drones to the US

On 1 July, Ukraine’s State Service for Export Control (SSECU) issued a permit for the export of a batch of F10 strike drones to the United States. A representative of the manufacturer, F-Drones, told Defender Media.

The company says it has already shipped 2,000 drones to the US under a contract secured by F-Drones as one of the winners of the first phase of the US Drone Dominance programme. “The permit is in force — the drones have already crossed the state border,” the company representative said.

According to the company, this is the first time Ukraine has officially authorised the export of finished Ukrainian-made combat drones. Previous decisions had primarily concerned individual technologies, components or parts.

F-Drones says it received the permit before new government measures simplifying exports of military products under martial law came into force. The company completed the full approval process under the existing export-control mechanism and received a positive decision from the interagency commission on military-technical cooperation and export-control policy. The procedure was supported by the state company SpetsTechnoExport.

How F-Drones secured a Pentagon contract

n February 2026, US company UDD Tech Corp, which represents F-Drones products in the United States, took part in Gauntlet I, the first stage of the Drone Dominance programme. The trials were held at Fort Benning military base in Georgia.

Following Gauntlet I, the F10 system ranked sixth among 25 participants, was selected as one of 11 winners and received a contract to supply 2,000 drones to the US Department of War. UDD Tech Corp was also selected for the next stage of the programme.

Defender Media reported in early June that F-Drones had signed the contract with the Pentagon.