Ukraine offers front lines as testing grounds to foreign firms

Ukraine offers front lines as testing grounds to foreign firms

Ukraine launched a new program giving foreign defense companies the chance to test their technologies directly on the front lines against Russian forces. The initiative, called “Test in Ukraine,” is managed by Brave1, the Ukrainian state-backed defense technology cluster often compared to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Unlike DARPA’s longer development timelines, Brave1 emphasizes speed, seeking to field innovations …