The United States is thinking about how to transfer a powerful combat UAV to the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Ukraine may receive from the Americans a Gray Eagle multi-purpose drone equipped with Hellfire missiles, although such requests have previously been rejected by the Pentagon.
CNN writes about this, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The US is considering modifying the deadly drone, two officials said. Changes that would make the potential loss of anyone - with their sensitive on-board technology - less dangerous and perhaps make it more likely that Ukraine would get them.
So, the congressional representative said that there are technical tweaks that “could make this possible in the near future,” the congressional representative said.
And a US official confirmed that the Army is leading efforts to study possible changes to the drone, which is made by General Atomics and is referred to by the Army as the MQ-1C. But without such changes, the UAV, which can carry four missiles and fly at an altitude of more than seven kilometers for almost 30 hours, will likely not be included in the upcoming lists of military aid allocated to Ukraine.
The US is considering how to transfer a powerful combat UAV to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.