French drone makers eye Ukraine deals amid funding uncertainty


FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 17, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -French and Ukrainian drone makers are racing to clinch co-production agreements and orders by year-end, industry, diplomatic and military sources said, even as financing and competition from other European countries pose major challenges.

The war in Ukraine and a surge in drone activity at sensitive sites in several European cities have thrust the sector into the spotlight, driving innovation in interception systems as well as kamikaze and surveillance drones.

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