# "Nearly three million drones ready by end of 2025" (DEPLOY verdict: Retracted)

- **DEPLOY verdict:** Retracted
- **Claim type:** Capacity
- **Claimed:** 2025-01-01
- **Implied deadline:** 2025-12-31
- **Claimed by:** [AeroVironment](/companies/aerovironment.md)

## How DEPLOY assessed this

CORRECTION: The '3 million drones' figure originated from a Forbes social post about Ukraine's total FPV drone supply chain, not an AeroVironment exec statement. The claim appears mis-attributed — AeroVironment's actual scale is thousands of systems via $874M IDIQ contract. Marking as retracted (claim appears mis-recorded). Flag to CoS: the Claim text itself may need correction — the source URL is a Forbes Facebook post, not a primary AeroVironment statement.

## Proof on file

- Claim source: https://www.facebook.com/forbes/posts/the-russia-ukraine-war-has-ushered-in-a-new-era-of-unmanned-combat-investors-and/916100130379978/
- Status evidence: https://www.facebook.com/forbes/posts/the-russia-ukraine-war-has-ushered-in-a-new-era-of-unmanned-combat-investors-and/916100130379978/
- Status evidence: https://www.avinc.com/2025/12/08/aerovironment-awarded-874m-foreign-military-sales-idiq-to-deliver-uas-and-c-uas-systems-to-allied-partner-forces/

## See also

- [AeroVironment's full claims ledger](/companies/aerovironment.md)
- [Claim Integrity Index](/stats/claim-integrity.md): which robot companies deliver on their claims.

_Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources, restated only by appending a new event. Canonical URL: /claims/aerovironment-c2_