Military and Industrial Policy Ministry to be created in Ukraine – NSDC

"NSDC Secretary Danilov presented to the participants a joint position of the NSDC of Ukraine and the Office of the President of Ukraine on the process of reforming the defense industry and developing relevant long-term and medium-term defense planning documents – “Ways to optimize management functions while formulating and implementing military-industrial policy”," the NSDC's press service reported.

This reform should become the largest one in the last ten years, Danilov said.

A drastic change in approaches to managing the defense industry should address the problem of insufficient coordination of subjects of military-industrial policy, in particular, the lack of a relevant coordinating body, and introduce a systematic approach to this sphere’s development.

According to Danilov, at the first stage of the reform, the relevant ministry will be established. It will be responsible for formulating and ensuring the implementation of state military-industrial policy; and the position of Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Strategic Technologies and Innovation Development will be introduced. He will be responsible for reforming the defense industry and developing the space industry.

At the second stage, issues related to the organizational and legal form of work of enterprises that are part of the SC “Ukroboronprom” will be resolved.

The NSDC secretary stressed that the defense industry enterprises should first of all focus on providing the army with modern high-tech weapons and equipment that will allow it to respond effectively to modern challenges.

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