“The delegation's negotiations with American partners focused on the purchase of Ukrainian-made drones, an agreement on joint production with the U.S., and the supply of American weapons to Ukraine through the PURL mechanism.” According to the sparse reports from the Ukrainian Embassy in the U.S., which, as I understand it, organized the meetings, there are several important points to consider.1. In essence, such agreements are an opportunity for Ukraine’s defense industry (primarily for drone manufacturers) to reach a new level. After all, it is no secret that, despite the fact that Ukrainian manufacturers are in many ways cooler than Western, they have a number of technological problems (partially lost engineering school) and have problems with Ukrainian products entering NATO markets.2. Ukraine’s advantages are mobility, adaptability to new conditions of warfare, and price. The problem is scaling and the unwillingness of other players to let Ukrainian products into the market.3. With regard to the U.S. specifically, there is another important aspect: such cooperation may be beneficial to the Americans, given that Europeans will then pay for it (the issue is not even about war, but about the need to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP and mandatory purchases of drones for the defense of EU countries).So far, no one has formulated the idea of “being the new China in the production of drones for NATO.” But this is Ukraine’s chance. And here, its cooperation with the U.S. can play a key role. Simply put, the work of the embassy in Washington is becoming crucial in the development of this aspect of their relations. This is probably one of the main challenges that will face Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S., Olha Stefanishyna.However, it is equally important that this formula is not simply adopted in Kyiv, but that Kyiv opens the green light for this direction. After all, the example of Archer's three years of hardship with NABU shows how such things can undermine even the best agreements in Washington.SourceAbout the author: Vadym Denysenko, political scientist.The editorial team does not always share the opinions expressed by blog authors.