US to provide components to support Ukrainian production of UAS

The United States will support the production of Ukrainian drones as part of a long-term military aid package.

Militarnyi reported on this with reference to the list of aid released by the U.S. Department of Defense.

The $6 billion aid package from the United States, which was announced on April 26, 2024, as part of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) program, provides, among other things, “components to support Ukrainian production of UAS and other capabilities.”

It is not known for certain what is meant by these words in the American document.

Militarnyi previously reported that the United States would purchase $1.6 billion worth of Ukrainian-made weapons for the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

The funds will be taken from the funding provided under the recently signed aid package for Ukraine in the amount of almost $61 billion.

MP, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Cooperation Arsenii Pushkarenko stated this.

In April, Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries, announced that Ukraine was launching an international fundraising campaign to raise $10 billion from abroad to purchase Ukrainian-made weapons.

The USA will also purchase additional munitions for Patriot and NASAMS air defense systems for Ukraine. In addition, they will provide equipment to integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles, and radars with Ukraine’s air defense systems. These projects are better known as FrankenSAM.

In addition, the U.S. Department of State approved the sale of MIM-23 Hawk air defense systems to Ukraine.

In this way, the United States maintains the operational capability of HAWK air defense systems that protect Ukrainian people and critical infrastructure.

The United States is also considering the possibility of purchasing 155mm artillery shells from Turkey for Ukraine as part of military assistance.