The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed two new deputies to Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. One of them is Valery Churkin, head of the Center for Scaling Technological Solutions (CMTS), responsible for developing hardware and software for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has appointed two new deputies to Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. One of them is Valery Churkin, head of the Center for Scaling Technological Solutions (CMTS), responsible for developing hardware and software for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
«An officer, a participant in hostilities who joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the first days of the full-scale invasion, Captain Valery Churkin is a leader in innovations in the field of military technologies, head of the Center for Scaling Technological Solutions (CMTS) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine», — the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
The second appointed Deputy Minister of Defense was Lieutenant General Yevhen Moysiuk, who headed the Airborne Assault Forces.
It is noted that in his new position, Churkin will focus on «defense innovations and technological development of the Ukrainian army.» The Central Military District is currently implementing over 50 key projects in the field of military IT and miltech, and Valery Churkin’s task will be to scale up this work.
Last fall, Churkin said that the state spends four times less on software development for the Defense Forces thanks to the work of IT departments. The Central Military District worked on such projects as the Army+ application, the Impulse document management system, and the Vyshkil system, which automates the personnel training process.
Earlier, IT servicemen announced the «disintegration» of two units that were engaged in the development of IT projects for the Defense Forces. A few days later, it turned out that the General Staff ordered the disbandment of these two units. Valery Churkin clarified that the Central Military District will be reformed, not disbanded.
«Now we are doing both software and hardware, there is cross-functionality. For example, machine vision is software, but it is inseparable from the „hardware“. Reducing the unit will set us back a long way — it is a direct gift to the enemy», — the head of the Central Research and Development Center noted.
