Abstract
An objective of this effort is a quick recap to assess the underpin barriers of transfer of technologies appeared in Ukraine after acquiring the Independence and those developed of today and to highlight and evaluate an impact of political, historical, mental and other factors affecting the science and as a consequence leakage of technologies abroad. Of importance is also a question if a current COVID-19 pandemic will join these factors if it initiates an illicit transfer of dual use (DU) technologies from Ukraine as it was in 1990s and how it affects an efficient and proper functioning and optimization of transfer of technologies process, and that is quite a challenge nowadays.
 Investigated problem. The process of technology transfer and specifically that one of DU as a whole is neither simple nor systematic and far from being that perfect, especially when it deals with dual-use technologies and at present reduced to a short relationship between supplier/recipient only. The experience and practice show that it is a rather complicated, multi-leveled and multi-players process which is impacted and follows several factors and conditions that determine its success and/or failure at the end.
 The main scientific results. The development of dual use technologies continues in a quagmire of conflicting interests and technology transfer export control rationales. There are historical, mental and political-military considerations where a state’s decision to develop weapon systems or related applications can be assessed not only as a function of perceived levels of threat to its security, but also as a need to respond and/or step forward to potential technological innovations; and second, the fundamental conceptual differences in appreciation among countries of the right to possess different advanced weapons systems for defensive or offensive purposes.
 The result of this endeavor makes a solid ground floor for further debates in terms of political science, export control regulations and factors affecting transfer of sensitive technologies.
Highlights
The transfer of high-tech technologies for Ukraine over the years of its independence and nowadays is one of the key factors in stabilizing a development of strategic industries
The process of technology transfer as a whole is neither simple nor systematic and far from being perfect as of yet, especially when it comes to dual use (DU) technologies
A total number of employees of research institutes and, most importantly, the number of specialists directly involved in scientific and scientific and technical work (SSTW) constantly fall
Summary
The transfer of high-tech technologies for Ukraine over the years of its independence and nowadays is one of the key factors in stabilizing a development of strategic industries (defense-industrial complex, aviation, rocket-space engineering, etc.). A concept for implementation of state policy on import substitution and diversification of imports of supplies of goods for the needs of strategic industries, developed by the Cabinet of Ministers (Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Resolution N471 of June 12, 2020) [1], outlines the ways to resolve traditional problems of transfer of dual-use technologies and strategic goods. The need to resolve this issue at the external state level is caused by a specificity of evolution of political and mental factors affecting the transfer of technologies in transition period from the totalitarian regime of the former Soviet Union to an economically difficult format of the Union of Independent States (CIS). The factors influencing the transfer of technology, whether it is technology or dual-use technology, can be divided into four main groups: 1) political; 2) legal; 3) socio-cultural (mental); 4) technical.
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