BLUF: The Arsenal is building a company that will be the European leader in information about defense technology and regulation.
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Our headquarters in Kyiv is often without power, but that hasn’t dimmed our efforts at expanding.
What makes The Arsenal valuable is the relentless reporting. It’s our in-depth, exclusive defense tech journalism that anyone smart in the field absolutely must be reading.
We don’t do AI-assisted stories. We don’t do low-effort rewrites of press releases that are easily Googleable. We focus on quality, not quantity – because your time is valuable.
The Arsenal is asking questions others don't, and finding answers available nowhere else. Exclusivity and depth are the defining factors of our journalism. Everything else is easily replicable.
No one else is doing this sort of high quality, global journalism. It's incredibly hard to build; it takes considerably more investment. But we are committed to building what no one else can match.
And beyond the journalism you’ve been reading, we’re expanding our other offerings.
We are also opening consulting, advertising and events opportunities that include:
Technical surveys of pilots/soldiers;
Market research in the field, and scouting for strategic partnerships;
Testing facilitation for new products;
Custom delegations of investors, innovators, business developers and manufacturers — want to travel to Kyiv?
Newsletter/special edition sponsorships; and
Event partnerships to reach key stakeholders.
We’ve got a powerful group of advisors behind us, and I’m proud to be able to announce the folks that will be helping guide the company’s growth.
Here are the people on our new advisory board:
Editor-at-large, Matthew Kaminski spent a decade helping build POLITICO into a transatlantic media powerhouse, co-founding POLITICO Europe in 2014. Four years later, he led the publication in Washington through multiple election cycles and a billion-dollar sale. A veteran foreign correspondent and editor, he started his career in Kyiv with the Financial Times and moved on to Brussels, Paris and New York for the Wall Street Journal, where he produced award-winning coverage of the EU and the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Ryan Willumson is the co-founder of Industry Dive, a business journalism company serving industry leaders across multiple sectors. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Sales at FierceMarkets, where he drove major revenue growth. He brings expertise in scaling niche media organizations to The Arsenal.
Wendy R. Anderson is a national security and technology executive and former Palantir senior vice president who helped lead mission-scale adoption of advanced software and AI across the U.S. government and allied partners. That work included spearheading Palantir’s Ukraine work with the U.S. government. This followed her senior leadership roles in the U.S. Departments of Defense and Commerce and the U.S. Senate.
Ralph Goff is a former senior CIA intelligence executive with 35 years of service, including six tours as Chief of Station across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Since retiring in 2023, Ralph now brings deep security and intelligence expertise to our team of advisors.
Molly Fluet has more than 15 years of experience across digital journalism, advertising, and strategic partnerships. She currently serves as a global strategic media and business development leader at YouGov, a research and data analytics group.
Susan E. Walton is the former head of business intelligence at UnHerd, a British news and opinion website that has grown into a major platform for political discourse. She spent more than 20 years leading global investment research at top investment banks in London, New York and Hong Kong.
Gen. Ben Hodges (Ret.) is the former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and a leading expert on NATO and European security. He also served as the senior advisor to Human Rights First, a U.S.-based non-profit, and co-authored Future War and the Defence of Europe, which was published by Oxford University Press.
Max Villman is a Swedish defence analyst and former Gripen fighter pilot. He is the founder of Gungnir Capital, an early-stage VC fund focused on defence, security, and resilience technologies. Villman also runs Sweden’s largest defence-focused YouTube channel, covering military capability, strategy, and European security.
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Best,
Tim Mak
Editor in Chief
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