Ex-defense minister Fedorov announces new 'Army of Robots' initiative in latest move since leaving office
According to Fedorov, the initiative will be not one company, but an "ecosystem," combining investment, native production, and R&D.
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has unveiled a new defense technology initiative called the Army of Robots, which aims to replace human soldiers on the battlefield. The announcement was made simultaneously on social media and during a presentation at the IT Arena conference in Lviv on September 26. Fedorov, who was dismissed from his post by President Volodymyr Zelensky in July, stated that the initiative will not be a single company, but an ecosystem.
He plans to invest in defense tech companies, launch his own technology projects, create R&D capabilities, and test solutions with the military, all while scaling up successful technologies for battlefield use as quickly as possible. Fedorov's move into defense tech follows his controversial resignation and subsequent push for early elections in Ukraine.
The initiative, modeled after his successful Army of Drones project, will focus on technological warfare across air, land, and economic domains. Fedorov also called for skilled robotics engineers to join the Army of Robots team.
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