He Digital Transformation Ministry De Ukraine has presented a pioneering initiative in the world, A marketplace for the purchase of weapons called Brave1 Market. It is a kind of ‘Amazon’ of war which the military can access online, navigate their products and prices and buy them to be sent to the battlefield. The platform intends Optimize the acquisition process for Ukrainian forcesguaranteeing timely access to essential technologies and speed up weapons delivery.
This online store currently houses More than 1,000 products which include unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), non -manned land vehicles (UGV), electronic war systems (EW), signal intelligence tools (Sigint), technologies based on artificial intelligence, software and ammunition.
News, tests, analysis, listings and open prices
Part of the web is public and the news, testing and analysis sections are open, although Ukrainian is the only language available. Any visitor also has access to the open catalog part, with products listings that include image and price. But If you want to access the file of any of them, you must be authenticated by means of the дія platform. This is an app by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine to share official digital documents and access government services; It is required to protect manufacturers.
The catalog ‘closed’which contains sensitive information, It is only accessible to verified military personnel through the Delta System. This is a Ukrainian control and knowledge system of the battlefield that includes a mobile application, safe messaging system for military use, safe transmission from the battlefield, digital map, operational planning tools and integration functions with other systems.
Point program to destroy material and kill enemy staff
When a military selects a product, The platform allows you to contact the manufacturer to close the terms of the agreement. This war Amazon also uses a point system, Epoints, which rewards the units in combat for the verified destruction of equipment or enemy personnel. The web shows a list with the units that have obtained the most points and currently heads the 414 ‘Magyar Birds’. These points can be exchanged for products in the marketcovering both individual needs and centralized supply.
As in Amazon and other online stores, military users can Leave reviews about products.
The Amazon of the Military
‘Brave1 Market will become the Amazon of the military, allowing the units to acquire technologies necessary directly in the front. This will help solve the problem of diffusion of effective technologies, since many times the military do not know solutions available in the market that could help them fulfill their tasks with greater efficiency, ‘he said Mykhailo FedorovVicePrimer Minister of Innovation, Education, Science and Technological Development, in a statement on the occasion of the launch of the online store.
Brave1, a Ukrainian state initiative launched in April 2023 and conceived as A cluster of innovation in defense technologyis behind Marketplace. Nataliia Kushnerskaits director, has affirmed that ‘Brave1 has developed an entire Ukrainian defense technology ecosystem, gathering more than 1,500 innovative companies in just two years. The cluster has contributed to create complete markets for technologies such as UGV, short -range electronic war systems, interceptor drones, drones with AI and fiber optic drones. Our new priority is to accelerate the deployment of these innovations on the battlefield, and Brave1 Market will be key to achieving it‘.
In two years, the cluster has granted More than 540 grants for a total of 47 million euros. The 2025 national budget allocates other 62 million To support defense technology initiatives.
The strategic priorities of Brave1 include the development of rockets, lasers, dwarfs, crpa antennas, naval drones, anti-shahed systems and anti-pgm, ‘mother drones’, mavic-type Ukrainian drones and guided ammunition.