Over the past year, the defence-tech sector in Ukraine has been actively developing. In particular, we have launched the Brave1 cluster for the development of defence technologies, increased the production of drones by more than 100 times, and more than 40 manufacturers have joined the Diia.City space. All this allows us to technologically strengthen the military at the front.

Now it is necessary to produce and improve electronic warfare equipment in order to fight the enemy more effectively. This was stated by Mykhailo Fedorov, Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science and Technology Development and Minister of Digital Transformation, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.

“We are constantly finding technologies to counter enemy electronic warfare. Brave1, the opening of the electronic warfare market in Ukraine, constant field exercises, product testing allow us to catch up and gain an advantage in some areas. But we need to scale this up. Every piece of equipment must be protected by electronic warfare. Every trench, every location of our soldiers must be protected by electronic warfare to analyse the frequencies at which enemy drones fly. This is a huge systematic work and a new doctrine of modern technological warfare,” Mykhailo Fedorov said.

To ensure that the Defence Forces can effectively fight the technological war, the Government is developing new policies and supporting legislative changes. Dozens of draft laws have already been passed, and a resolution was recently adopted to facilitate the approval of UAVs and electronic warfare equipment. This will allow companies to officially sell their products to the state, and the military to get new technology on the front line.

“We need to remove all the bottlenecks that block the development of the private sector. Everything is changing rapidly, and only entrepreneurs can react quickly to such changes and expand production. This is shown by the experience of the First and Second World Wars, when the most progressive manufacturers came together, all opportunities were opened to them, and they created new technologies to win,” said Mykhailo Fedorov.