The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence have signed a memorandum on partnership in the field of defence innovation development, Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced.

The partnership includes the launch of the Brave-Norway programme, with a preliminary budget of €20 million. The programme will focus on:

  • launching grant support for startups developing innovations in UAVs and other defence technologies;
  • holding joint hackathons to find practical solutions capable of changing the situation on the battlefield;
  • creating modern platforms to integrate research institutions.

On the Ukrainian side, the programme will be implemented by the Brave1 defence innovation cluster. Of the total funding, €10 million provided by Norway’s Innovation Development Fund will go toward grants for developing game-changing technologies for the battlefield, to be tested in Ukraine.

Read more: How France, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway plan to develop defence cooperation with Ukraine. Insights from the TFUA forum

Published in partnership with Defender Media.

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