Fast-paced, iterative, gritty and incredibly successful innovation is sustaining Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s invasion. The country’s latest defence industry revolution is the Brave1 Market, an e-commerce platform launched in April that builds on the Brave1 military defence cluster established in 2023. Together the online market and the cluster provide a new blueprint for improving defence and industry policy, and Australia needs to learn from it. Ukraine has rightly won acclaim for its new battlefield technologies and their skilful use, but the redesign of military procurement underpinning it has received less attention. Ukrainian defence policy emphasises innovation and consistently creates qualitative battlefield advantages. Achieving this has required an overhaul of procurement, logistics and the relationship between Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence and private industry.
Now that’s innovation: Ukrainian army units compete for weapons; start-ups compete for their business (Henry Campbell – The Strategist)
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