Drone company in Malmö chooses its own path for defense innovation
A drone company in Malmö, Sweden Dynamics, has chosen to build its own testing environments instead of using state-run alternatives. The founders argue that the existing government solutions for testing new defense technology do not work well enough for their needs.
According to the entrepreneurs behind the company, the state testing environments are both too expensive and too slow. For a company working with rapid technical development in the defense sector, these obstacles become a problem for growing and innovating at the required pace.
By building their own environments, the company hopes to shorten the time from idea to finished product. This is an important part of their strategy to compete in an international market where technological development is moving very fast.
The question of how the state can support small and innovative defense companies is current in Sweden. Many entrepreneurs are calling for more agile processes to be able to contribute to the country's defense capabilities with new technology.
It remains to be seen whether more companies will follow in Sweden Dynamics' footsteps and build their own solutions, or if the state will reform its testing environments to better meet the needs of companies in the future.