Minister Defends Soldier Who Tested Drone in His Home Pool!
A Royal Marine commando tested the technology of a military underwater drone in the pond of his garden home to bypass strict regulations and administrative hurdles. The UK Defence Secretary has cited the episode as an example of the obstacles standing in the way of innovation in the defense industry.
According to Ambassador Arjan, British Defense Minister Wes Streeting raised this issue during his presence at the Industry and Regulations Committee of the House of Lords. Referring to the government's efforts to reduce cumbersome regulations, he said that despite the measures taken, there are still significant obstacles in the way of developing and testing defense technologies.
Streeting explained that he met a Marine who was developing underwater drone technology; But due to the difficulty of obtaining permission to test these equipments in suitable environments, he had decided to test them in his garden pond.
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According to the British Defense Minister, this military had personally accepted the risk of testing at home due to the high legal and administrative barriers to testing in other environments.
While praising the initiative, motivation and entrepreneurial spirit of this soldier, Streeting emphasized that such an approach should also be possible in his official and workplace environments.
At the same time, he noted that it is not possible to abandon all legal restrictions in the field of defense; Because military technologies may have lethal capabilities and testing them requires monitoring and compliance with safety requirements.
The British defense minister said there are people in the armed forces and defense industry who are eager to develop new technologies, but existing regulations sometimes slow down their progress.
He added that whenever the defense industries or the armed forces declare that unnecessary regulations have hindered their activities, the government is ready to review and correct these restrictions; Especially in cases where the balance between safety and the possibility of innovation has not been properly established.
Streeting also announced the UK Defense Investment Summit on December 1st. This meeting is supposed to be an opportunity to show the increase of defense investments and strengthen cooperation between the government and companies active in this industry.
The defense minister's comments have been made in the context of the British government seeking to facilitate the development of military technologies and increase cooperation with the private sector. The story of this soldier has also become a significant example of the challenge between legal supervision and the need to speed up innovation in the defense industry.