Sweden to spend $440 million on unmanned military drone systems

FILE PHOTO: A soldier from Sweden's 31st Ranger Battalion holds drones after using them during a training demonstration in Karlsborg, Sweden, November 21, 2025. REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo

SALEN, Sweden, Jan ‌12 (Reuters) - Sweden will spend 4 billion crowns ($437 ‌million) on unmanned drone systems to be delivered ‌over the next two years, the country's Defence Minister Pal Jonson said on Monday.

The NATO member will buy unmanned systems ‍including long-range attack drones, electronic warfare ‍systems and surveillance ‌drones as well as marine surveillance and minesweeping drones.