The experience of the past three years has underlined the critical importance of technological innovation for the Ukrainian war effort as the country seeks to overcome the significant material advantages enjoyed by Russia in key areas including manpower, equipment, firepower, and funding. While this emphasis on innovation cannot completely even up the odds, defense tech […]
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Wartime Ukraine emerges as the world’s leading laboratory for drone development
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is widely recognized as the first ever full-scale drone war. This has transformed Ukraine into the world’s leading laboratory for drone development. In this new security environment, the Ukrainian authorities and the country’s private sector have prioritized the production of drones and expanded manufacturing capacity at an unprecedented rate. Meanwhile, […]
Global defense industry can learn from Ukraine’s wartime tech sector development
How would you assess the current state of cooperation between Ukrainian defense industry companies and potential international partners? Cooperation is taking place, but in many cases it is still at the early stages. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine has gained a reputation among Western defense sector companies as a key testing ground […]
Boeing and Ukraine’s Antonov sign agreement to partner on defense projects
Boeing has this week signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding with Ukrainian aerospace giant Antonov that could pave the way for collaboration on a range of defense-related projects including the development of new drone technologies. “This agreement demonstrates our ongoing efforts to find more opportunities to work with Ukrainian industry, which was underscored by our […]
Naval Drones: Ukraine’s secret weapon in the Battle of the Black Sea
On the very first morning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, a huge Russian warship loomed over the Black Sea horizon and approached the tiny Ukrainian garrison on Snake Island with an ultimatum: “Lay down your arms and surrender, or you will be bombed.” Although hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned, the handful of Ukrainian troops […]
Ukrainian drones “have knocked out 600,000 to 900,00 barrels” of Russia’s daily oil-refining capacity
Industry experts estimate that Ukraine’s campaign of long-range drone strikes on Russia’s energy industry has already succeeded in knocking out between 600,000 and 900,000 barrels of Russia’s daily oil-refining capacity, Bloomberg reports. Speaking at a conference in Houston on March 18, Gunvor Group CEO Torbjörn Törnqvist estimated the recent wave of Ukrainian drone attacks had […]