Ukrainian engineers create advanced military drones directly at the forefront, but the fruits of this work often find themselves in the hands of European companies that skillfully give them out for their own. According to Roman Knyazhenko, Chief Executive Director of Skyton, such cases have become systemic.
In a conversation with The Telegraph , he stated that representatives of Western companies have repeatedly visited Skyton allegedly with proposals for cooperation. In fact, they tried to access know-how and then use them in their own presentations.
"Sometimes I discover their materials and see my phrases - word to word, without any change ," - is indignant.
Following such "visits", Western governments enter into millions and billions with firms that have neither practical experience nor real technologies. According to Knyazhenko, they buy copies that are far from combat realities and doomed to failure.
" It's money for fakes. As a result, you will have nothing but beautiful slides ," he explains.
Knyazhenko emphasizes that drone technologies in war are changing extremely quickly, and even the innovation, which the moon, can already be considered outdated. This means that engineering solutions require constant updating, experiments and, most importantly, experience in combat conditions.
" They think they will see our factory and recreate it. But it is impossible to make BMW from scratch for a year. It takes years, and we have been replaced by weeks of front work ," he said.
At the same time, Knyazhenko believes that Western governments could go the other way - to support the opening of Ukrainian industries in their countries. This will allow you to develop your own industry at the same time and get truly capable technologies.
" We don't need money for startups. Build a plant - and you will have a real manufacturer on your land ," he concludes.
