Fedorov: "The future of innovation lies in AI, space and robotics"
The Deputy Prime Minister confirmed cooperation with Western space companies and suggested that opening the private space market in Ukraine would be a logical step.
The Deputy Prime Minister confirmed cooperation with Western space companies and suggested that opening the private space market in Ukraine would be a logical step.
Mykhailo Fedorov stated at the IT Arena in Lviv that Ukraine actively cooperates with leading global space companies, such as SpaceX (Starlink), OneWeb, and Airbus, and also uses NATO satellites for some military operations, including the use of a powerful laser beam in certain areas of the front.
«In the future, the whole fight will be for space. AI, robotics, and space are probably what all people involved in innovation in the government should be doing 24/7,» Fedorov emphasized.
He added that these three topics are shaping a new reality, and promised that Ukraine will be able to create its own satellite if a functional need arises.
Fedorov noted that Ukraine is experiencing rapid development in rocketry: «From drones to rocketry is a small step.» Thanks to grant programs from Brave1, testing of a large number of developments is expected this year, including cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and missile drones.
The Deputy Prime Minister believes that the next logical step for the industry should be to open up the private space market. He argued that Ukrainian companies have already acquired incredible competencies:
Many companies already look «industrialized» and have automated production. There are specialists in Ukraine, such as a Ukrainian who built a rocket in the US and whose company was later acquired by BlackRock.
Fedorov hopes that the private sector will have the opportunity to compete for the implementation of space projects for the country, repeating the experience of the transformation of the US space industry, where NASA moved from a monopoly to a model of open market and competitions.
Previously, dev.ua wrote about how Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and the representative of the Ministry of Digital Affairs Dmytro Ovcharenko spoke about the key challenges of cybersecurity and the specifics of testing products based on artificial intelligence (AI). The main vector of attack on state systems is social engineering, while testing AI assistants requires four times more resources than their development.
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