The expert told why in Ukraine there are so little cheap drones for the Armed Forces

Candidate of Economic Sciences Vadim Grib believes that the Ministry of Defense does not place an order, and "Ukroboronprom" does not allocate budgets. Private developers in Ukraine create cheap and effective drones, but the Ministry of Defense is in no hurry to take them. The founder of the Investment Company "Tect" Vadim Grib, Candidate of Economic Sciences on January 6 on January 6.

Vadim Grib reported that he recently talked to a friend who produces UAV for the Ukrainian military on a volunteer basis. According to the manufacturer, the intelligence machines showed "great result" - in combat, they recorded footage that could not make other models. The team collected and sent 250 drones to the front, and prepared operators. "The price of one model is $ 4,500. He added that independent developers have to raise funds and raise sponsors on their own.

The author of the author cooperates with the profile direction in Ukroboronprom - they expressed interest, but refuse to give the budget for UAV production, which the army needs. The author believes that "Ukroboronprom" "has long had to be disbanded, building a new modern management system that motivates to develop enterprises, ensuring the execution of defense orders.

" He also recalled that according to the President of Ukroboronprom, he had to reform during 2021-2022, but even against the background of the war, the situation in the defense industry did not change. According to Vadim, the law of 2021 on the reform of the defense complex contains corruption risks, and the Strategy, approved by the NSDC at the same time "far from perfect", its shortcomings are especially acute during the war.

The expert cited a letter in which his company offers several recommendations for reforming the MIC of Ukraine, which he sent the NSDC in April 2021. The author is convinced that the letter is "relevant today". In December, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov stated that in the month of the Armed Forces, 7 models of drones were adopted.

According to him, the department has greatly simplified the approval procedure and any team of developers can apply, confirming the technical characteristics of its devices. Recently, the Armed Forces Serviceman and Air Intelligent Yuriy Kasyanov stated that the developers of Ukrainian UAVs lacking in resources: machines, production premises, special equipment.