Ukraine is launching the "Test in Ukraine" program, inviting foreign arms manufacturers to send their weapons prototypes to be tested in battle. The program, managed by the defense innovation unit Brave1, aims to gain real combat experience that cannot be acquired in labs. The program emphasizes the importance of technologies such as uncrewed aerial systems and robots. Contractors are expected to train Ukrainian troops on using the prototype technology. Additionally, Ukraine aims to foster partnerships between foreign manufacturers and local producers.
"This is an opportunity to gain experience that cannot be simulated in laboratories," said Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's minister for digital transformation, at an arms conference in Wiesbaden.
"You hand over your product to Brave1, and we take care of the rest," the organization said on its website.
Among the program's listed top priorities are uncrewed aerial systems, robot ground vehicles, missiles, and laser weapons.
"If you are a drone company and you do not have your kit on the frontline in Ukraine, you might as well give up," Luke Pollard, the UK's minister of state for the armed forces, said in May.
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