Congress recognizes that Ukraine is implementing military innovations faster than the United States
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The chairman of the US National Defense Strategy Commission says Ukraine is implementing military innovations faster than the US government. The Commission calls for changes in funding and priorities for defense projects.
Ukraine is implementing innovations in military technologies and concepts at a rate much faster than the United States government. This was stated by Jane Harman, chairman of the U.S. National Defense Strategy Commission, during a hearing in Congress, Voice of Americareports and UNN.
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Washington believes that the United States should launch a multi-year investment in its national security and industrial base. As well as adjust its priorities and use national security funds more efficiently.
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 this with my own eyes. If the Department of Defense cannot move at the same speed and scale, it will lose
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Some practices of the procurement system research and development practice are emphasized separately. The National Defense Strategy Commission emphasizes that they are already outdated for the current strategic environment.
In particular, Jane Harman emphasized during the hearing that projects that have not demonstrated significant value should not be funded.
We can't continue to fund things that have been shown to have no value as new software. We just have to ask what Ukraine can teach us. Ukraine can teach us this, in particular, because you can build a drone for 350 dollars. 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 also said that some of the Pentagon's current programs, which focus purely on equipment, should be replaced with others that make greater use of modern technology and software.
Recall
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives asked the Speaker to include assistance to Ukraine in the Presidential Authorization Resolution. They emphasized the importance of supporting Ukraine for US security.
