Capabilities in this security assistance package include:

• Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
• Additional 155mm artillery rounds;
• Munitions for laser-guided rocket systems;
• CyberLux K8 UAS;
• Switchblade 600 UAS;
• Altius-600 UAS;
• Jump 20 UAS;
• Counter-UAS and electronic warfare detection equipment;
• Mine clearing equipment;
• Secure communications support equipment;
• Funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.

Unlike Presidential Drawdown, USAI is an authority under which the United States procures capabilities rather than delivering equipment that is drawn down from DoD stocks. This announcement represents the beginning of a contracting process to provide additional capabilities to Ukraine's Armed Forces.

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Posted by GOP_Tiger

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Posted on 2/24/23 at 7:25 am to cypher

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• CyberLux K8 UAS;
• Altius-600 UAS;
• Jump 20 UAS;

Those are new pieces of equipment that have not previously been sent to Ukraine. Breaking Defense has details:

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CyberLux K8 UAS: North Carolina-based CyberLux is a provider of small quadcopter unmanned systems. A business presentation from June 2022 lists US Special Operations Command, Air Mobility Command and the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps broadly as customers.

While the K8 design is not listed on the company’s website, it features handheld-sized drones, which can have off-the-shelf cameras installed on them — the kind of equipment which the Ukrainians have made good use of for both surveillance and improvised weapons.

Altius-600 UAS: Built by a subsidiary of defense startup Anduril, the Altius-600 is a tube-launched UAS that the company says can be launched from the air, sea or ground. The company claims successful integration and launch from C-130A, P-3 and, notably UH-60 aircraft — at least one of which recently appeared for the first time in Ukraine. The company claims four hours of flight time with a range of 276 miles.

In October, Breaking Defense first reported that Anduril is working to turn the Altius-600 into a loitering munition.

Jump 20 UAS: Built by AeroVironment, the Jump 20 was selected last year by the US Army for testing to see if it can replace the RQ-7 Shadow. A fixed-wing system designed for vertical takeoff and landing, the company claims a 14-plus hour endurance rate and an operational range of 115 miles. The system comes with 30 pounds of payload space, which the company markets as multi-functional.

From the DoD perspective, the US is getting the opportunity to test a number of drone systems in a real conflict, which allows the DoD the opportunity to learn what works best and why.

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