On 10 November, the UARM Hub was opened in Brussels. It will represent the interests of Ukrainian defence manufacturers in Europe, help them find partners, attract resources and enter the European defence procurement market. This is reported by “Oboronka”, citing representatives of the hub.
According to the organisers, the UARM Hub will operate as a non-profit industry project. Its main tasks include establishing co-operation between Ukrainian and European companies, representing manufacturers’ interests, preparing their joint positions and supporting their participation in European defence programmes.
A separate area of work will be research into the Ukrainian defence market. The hub’s team will study its structure, production capabilities, participants and technological competencies. Partners will be involved in the research, including the Sahaidachnyi Centre for Security Studies. The findings are expected to help European institutions and companies better navigate Ukraine’s defence industry and identify potential partners, the hub’s representatives explain.
Another research strand предусматриває the preparation of a White Paper jointly with the Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO). The document is intended to systematise the obstacles faced by Ukrainian manufacturers and propose changes to rules and procedures to simplify access to financing, resources and joint defence projects.
The UARM Hub plans to present the research results to European institutions and potential partners to further integrate Ukraine’s defence industry with Europe’s.
In addition, the hub will work to remove barriers in defence procurement, financing, testing and the use of technologies. Among its priorities are protecting Ukrainian companies’ rights to their own developments and preventing the loss of engineering teams and technological expertise.
By way of reminder, in October in Kyiv, the first specialised British business centre, the Kyiv Business Centre, was opened. It will serve as a permanent platform for developing industrial co-operation between defence enterprises in Ukraine and the United Kingdom.