Six companies demonstrated technology for protecting military ground infrastructure at Älvdalen shooting range last week, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) said.
The trials were the first round of testing under Battle Week, FMV's programme for fast-tracking civilian technology into military capability, previously reported on by NDS. FMV runs the programme with the Swedish Armed Forces, FOI, the Fortifications Agency and the Swedish Defence University.
The challenge called for ways to protect static ground infrastructure from physical attack, sabotage, and cyberattacks, according to FMV. Selected solutions had to be ready for production and order within six months, an approach FMV says is modelled on Ukraine's rapid problem-solving methods.
FMV previously said that 32 companies applied, and that 28 of the applicants were previously unknown to the agency.
"We reached the right target group: small and medium-sized companies that were unknown to us," said Dan Ohlsson, an adviser at FMV. Ohlsson added that the next step is to invite interested parties to a seminar to share experiences and show the tested solutions.