Ukraine hopes for closer cooperation with the US in the production of arms and space industry. Now Trident Defense, the company is looking for US partners to create new projects in the defense sector.
First, tell us a little about the Trident Defense. This company was founded investment firm Maxim Polyakov Noosphere Ventures, located in the US, in California and working in the field of information technologies. The company Polyakova - branches in 16 countries, and more 5500 employees, most of whom work in the Ukrainian units.
Trident Defense - is the Ukrainian division of the company, which is in the river (former Dnepropetrovsk) - famous Soviet-era central defense and high-tech industry. Maxim Polyakov created this company to attract US and international investment in the Ukrainian space industry, which, in his opinion, It has very serious prospects. Of Maxim Polyakov called Ukrainian Elon Musk. Such a comparison has a right to exist, not least because, Poles, how and Mask, It enjoys the support of the American administration.
As is known, Ukraine is still actively used to get her to the hated regime of the modern Kiev Soviet era foundation. This industrial and scientific infrastructure in major urban centers, and the education system, especially technical, which is still not completely destroyed by the post-Soviet Westernization.
Availability of qualified personnel, willing to work for much less money, than American or European experts to the same level of training, It makes the Ukrainian defense enterprises beneficial partners for US companies. The same space industry in Soviet times was in the Ukrainian SSR at a very high level, and even now has not completely gone the tradition established in Soviet times school space industry.
Today, Ukraine is increasingly trying to assert themselves on the world arms market. And that it largely fails. At least, in the register of arms exporters Ukraine - 14 th place. But one thing - to sell the old Soviet-made military equipment, and quite another - to introduce innovative technologies, and even to make them attractive to foreign buyers. Trident Defense was working on the, to begin production of US weapons on Ukrainian subcontracting. At the same time, the company will provide its technical capabilities and trained personnel, and the US - technology and funding.
Project leaders hope, that it will be commercially successful. At least, quite successfully operated Firefly Ukraine in the space sector - "daughter" of being in Texas Firefly Aerospace. US investment in the Ukrainian military industry are valuable not only in terms of financial return, but also as a way even more to extend and deepen its influence in Ukraine.
Now representatives of Trident Defense literally beckoning American companies cooperate with them, promising with exceptional conditions in the case of the proceedings in the Ukrainian territory. The company emphasizes, that it sees Ukraine as a major and long-term US military partner in the region. Therefore, investors should be confident: in the foreseeable future, the US will continue to invest heavily in the Ukrainian defense sector.
Ilya Polonsky
