A rating and feedback system has appeared on the state marketplace DOT-Chain Defence: military units can now rate ordered UAVs and share their experience of using them in combat.
A rating and feedback system has appeared on the state marketplace DOT-Chain Defence: military units can now rate ordered UAVs and share their experience of using them in combat.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the new tool should reduce the risks of wrong choices and simplify procurement planning: decisions will be made not only based on passport performance characteristics, but also on real feedback from the front. Each authorized user can give a rating on a five-point scale (1 — unsatisfactory, 5 — excellent) and list the pros/cons: resistance to interference and electronic warfare, ease of deployment, assembly quality, behavior in the wind, maintainability, spare parts logistics.
So far, viewing ratings is available only to the military; later, manufacturers will gain access. This will allow them to directly respond to comments, promptly correct deficiencies, and confirm firmware or component updates. The expansion of functionality was announced as part of the feedback between units, suppliers, and the state customer.
The ratings were a response to a request from units participating in the DOT-Chain Defence pilot. Suggestions were collected during brigade visits and user surveys. The current release is the first step in a package of improvements that includes analytics based on combat metrics, typical application scenarios (reconnaissance, correction, strike), and standardization of component descriptions and names for parts compatibility.
DOT-Chain Defence has already reduced the delivery time of drones and kits: units place orders without lengthy approvals, the rest (finances, lawyers, logistics) is covered by the Defense Procurement Agency of the Ministry of Defence. The average delivery time is about 10 days. In two months of operation, almost 17,000 UAVs worth approximately UAH 600 million have been ordered through the system. This creates a statistical base on which the ratings will become more representative.
The battlefield quickly changes the «passport» ratings of equipment: the same FPV model or multirotor can show different results depending on the electronic warfare environment, temperature, flight altitude, type of batteries and suspension. The rating system captures this context and converts it into data: average score by application scenarios, typical failures, frequency of communication line interruption, average propeller/motor resource, quality of supplier service. For headquarters, this is a basis for «cost → effect» comparisons, for instructors — material for training cases, for manufacturers — prioritization of improvements (antennas, controllers, firmware). The following iterations are logical: moderation to protect against «cheats», weighting factors for confirmed missions, as well as aggregation of metrics in dashboards for commanders of different levels.
Previously, dev.ua wrote about how a new functionality appeared in the DOT-Chain Defence weapons marketplace — «Drone Designer», which will allow the military to independently customize drones for specific combat missions and the situation on the front.
