Rheinmetall: what’s with CEO’s jibes about Ukrainian drones?

European defence contractors and Ukrainian companies would do better to cooperate than squabble, argues Line Rindvig of the start-up accelerator Defence Builder in Ukrainska Pravda:

“Europe continues to invest billions in systems that have never been tested under real-world conditions of electronic warfare – with GPS jamming, signal spoofing and weekly adjustments to countermeasures. Without incorporating Ukraine’s experience and innovative approach, Europe risks building an arsenal that will not withstand its first encounter with modern warfare. Ukraine has innovation, speed and combat experience. Rheinmetall has scale, capital and industrial clout. This sector should not be about competition, but about mutual complementarity.”