Maestrano chief executive Stephane Ibos had urged Western governments, including Australia, to closely consider Israel’s successful defence innovation focus, a procedure typified by very fast prototyping.
Speaking to Defence Connect’s Phillip Tarrant, Ibos said Israeli companies tended to “prototype really rapidly, really fast”.
“The government takes the prototypes and immediately conducts some sort of field trials or something to … fast-track innovation in the actual programs,” he added.
Underpinning this urgent focus on accelerating its innovation pipeline was Israel’s geopolitical situation within the Middle East, Ibos explained
However, he did take issue with what he described as a somewhat callous approach to the military personnel’s well being within that fast innovation cycle.
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