A leading U.S. company producing reconnaissance combat drones said on Wednesday it was ready to sell two drones to Ukraine for just $1 if the U.S. government approves the deal. has already been widely used by US troops in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and other conflict zones. She added that drones capable of flying long distances and at medium altitudes are what Ukraine needs most now in the war against Russia.
The U.S. military has provided Ukraine with several small drones used for reconnaissance and strike purposes, but the business has not expanded to include aircraft with enhanced capabilities. “From the very beginning of the Russian invasion, we began to explore options with our products to respond to the requests of the Ukrainian forces, including the supply of MQ-Nine Repair and MQ-One C Gray drones,” said General Atomics CEO Linden Blow. in the Eagle+ statement. He added that the company offered Ukrainian operators to train their aircraft for free for the US or Ukrainian governments.
The company also expressed its readiness to supply two training drones with a ground control station and other devices to Ukraine for a symbolic amount of just one dollar. Linden noted that Ukraine or anyone else would have to pay to equip, transport and prepare the planes for air-to-air deployment over the battlefield. Blue described the offer as “a wonderful deal with no strings attached”, stating that it only needed U.S. government approval. Blue indicated the need for the information dominance of the Ukrainian forces to win this war, and it has been a long time since these forces are not empowered in this regard.
