{"id":13503,"date":"2024-08-28T16:17:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/?p=13503"},"modified":"2024-08-28T16:17:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:17:40","slug":"creation-of-the-unmanned-systems-forces-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/monitoring\/creation-of-the-unmanned-systems-forces-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Creation of the Unmanned Systems Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Draft bill #<\/b><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/itd.rada.gov.ua\/billInfo\/Bills\/Card\/44757\"><b>11507<\/b><\/a><b> of August 21, 2024<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sponsor: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">the Cabinet of Ministers<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Status: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">sent for review to the Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Who is affected:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> the AFU, the General Staff, and the Ministry of Defense<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:-225,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Summary:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:-225,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">a separate branch, the Unmanned Systems Forces, will be established within the AFU<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:-225,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"5\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">the Cabinet will have to develop bylaws regulating the operation of the unmanned systems forces within a month.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:-225,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is right: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">the Cabinet will develop legislation for a new branch of the Armed Forces. The creation of Unmanned Systems Forces as a separate military branch will enable the establishment of positions for drone operators, training, experience sharing, and scaling of drone production.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:-225,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Why this is important: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as a separate military branch, the Unmanned Systems Forces will receive more resources and attention for the development of new technologies and adaptation of existing solutions to the needs of modern warfare.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:-225,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Background information: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">on February 6, the President <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zakon.rada.gov.ua\/laws\/show\/51\/2024#Text\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">signed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> a decree establishing a separate military branch of the Unmanned Systems Forces within the AFU. The Cabinet and the General Staff approved the creation of a separate branch and submitted their proposals for consideration by the National Security and Defense Council.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:-225,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">On June 25, 2024, the President <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/documents\/3822024-51101\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">signed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> a decree that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zakon.rada.gov.ua\/laws\/show\/n0009525-24#Text\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">enacted<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> the NSDC\u2019s decision. The Cabinet had three month to submit a draft bill to the Verkhovna Rada to create the new branch of the AFU.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:-225,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Additional information: <\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gOpmXOEwhXE\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ok, So What?<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span data-contrast=\"none\">podcast, exclusive episode #5<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: War decisions: how Parliament, Government, and President work for defense.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559737&quot;:-225,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draft bill #11507 of August 21, 2024\u00a0 Sponsor: the Cabinet of Ministers\u00a0 Status: sent for review to the Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence\u00a0 Who is affected: the AFU, the General Staff, and the Ministry of Defense\u00a0 Summary:\u00a0 a separate branch, the Unmanned Systems Forces, will be established within the AFU\u00a0 the Cabinet will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":12558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[259],"tags":[],"level":[],"area":[],"coauthors":[1039],"class_list":["post-13503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monitoring"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13504,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13503\/revisions\/13504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13503"},{"taxonomy":"level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level?post=13503"},{"taxonomy":"area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area?post=13503"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreua.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=13503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}