Ukraine organizes drone competition to acquire tech to fight Russia.

• Ukraine has organized a drone-building competition to find new technology to use against Russia, CNN reports.
• The competition was held outside Kyiv and drone makers from all over the world participated.
• The drones had to go through target practice on the ground, pursuits and aerial combat, according to CNN.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov told CNN that Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation has organized a drone-building competition to help find new technology to fight its war with Russia.

The event was held outside Kyiv and featured drones from Ukraine and around the world.

Drone makers have been told to demonstrate their drones in ground target practice, chases and dogfights, also known as aerial combat, according to CNN.

“Every few weeks we do different studies, we see what’s happening in this direction, we look for new drones, we study the results,” Fedorov told CNN. “Because this is a technology war, it’s very important for us to find companies that can scale, to look at new usage formats.”

The event and studies are part of Ukraine’s “drone army” campaign, CNN reported.

The campaign has received hundreds of millions of dollars through an online fundraiser called UNITED24 and raised thousands of people to arm Ukraine, Insider reporter Jake Epstein previously reported.

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Fedorov told CNN that first-person drones are a “game changer” for Ukraine, and that the country is developing some long-range drones.

“We are ramping up production of long-range drones.” “I can’t comment on the specifics of these missions. But there is a revolution going on in terms of production volume in this direction.”