– The technology companies welcome the government's defence innovation initiative to increase innovation capacity within the military. We see great value in the defence innovation dialogues that have been conducted and hope that the measures resulting from the initiative contribute to a strategic use of research and innovation resources with a focus on need-driven investments, says Pia Sandvik, CEO of Teknikföretagen in the press release.
Building an effective innovation system that can harness civil-military synergies involves both developing effective measures from the government's side, but also how the actors themselves can find new ways to collaborate, the ministry writes.
– It is good that the government has taken the initiative for these discussions. To increase defence capability, Sweden needs a robust defence innovation system based on civil-military synergies and Swedish areas of strength, says Micael Johansson, CEO of Saab in the press release.