Poland has ordered 52 FlyEye surveillance drones in a contract worth 100 million zlotys ($24.49 million), its defence minister said on Friday, adding that a drone military inspectorate being set up by the Polish army would start work in January, Paralel.Az reports citing Reuters.

"We will develop drone forces ... in all domains in which drones can operate," the minister, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said, while signing the drone purchase deal.

Kosiniak-Kamysz told a press conference that during his country's EU presidency that starts in January, Poland will push for the bloc to devote more funds to defence, possibly by using unspent funds from national recovery plans.

"It is good that the EU sees the need to support the arms industry and the operational capabilities of the national armies of EU countries, but much more money is needed," he said.