Ukraine is implementing military technologies and innovative concepts at a rate that even the US government cannot match, and that is amid the invasion of the Russian Federation.
This was reported by Voice of America, citing Jane Harman, Chair of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy, during a hearing in Congress.
Jane Harman emphasized the importance of fostering innovation and developing new technologies that require less time and resources for implementation than is currently the case. She also highlighted the rapid pace at which new technologies are being deployed on the battlefield in Ukraine.
“We need to stimulate change. Ukraine and Russia are innovating on the battlefield, and it takes weeks, not years. I was in Kyiv last week, and before that in April, and I saw it with my own eyes. If the Department of Defence cannot move at the same speed and scale, it will lose,” Jane Harman said.
During the hearing, Harman noted that projects lacking significant value should not receive funding.
“We just need to ask what Ukraine can teach us. Ukraine can teach us, in particular, that you can build a drone for $350. My comment on this is that you can’t buy a cup of coffee in the Pentagon for $350, and we are talking about our future,” she concluded.
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