Ukraine conflict: US developing framework for long-term Ukraine sustainment

The 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Tele-Maintenance and Distribution Cell-Ukraine in Jasionka, Poland, briefs a Ukrainian defence official. (US Army)

The Pentagon is working on expanding access to intellectual property (IP), sustainment training, and depot access for Ukrainians, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment Christopher Lowman told
Janes
on 29 November.

While the US has already begun providing some things to Ukraine, the country and the whole region will need more support in the coming years to adjust to the heightened security environment, Lowman said in an interview ahead of the Ukraine Defense Industrial Base summit on 6 December. The US is currently about “midway” through the process of having a final picture of Ukraine’s defence industrial base, meaning that the US is not quite ready for the final stage of long-term sustainment – depots, he said.