Pentagon Seeks Ukraine War-Ready Weapons From U.S. Arms Industry

The Pentagon is set to work with US industry to accelerate production and expand more capacity for proven, effective weapons that require minimal training and can be rapidly exported to Ukraine, a US government website posting on Friday (Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Manila) showed.

Photo Insert: The newly-designed Phoenix Ghost armed drones considered as loitering munitions are also being delivered to Ukraine.

Reporting for Reuters, Mike Stone said the Department of Defense (DoD) posted a request for information on SAM.gov that had an initial response deadline of May 6 and sought information on weapons or commercial capabilities related to air defense, anti-armor, and anti-personnel weapons.

Moreover, the post asked US companies for information on new technology for coastal defense, counter-battery, unmanned aerial systems, and communications like radios or satellite internet.

The US has already shipped to Ukraine ancient but effective Claymore anti-personnel mines, M-113 armored personnel carriers (APCs) as well as M777 extended 155 mm artillery units that had been used in Afghanistan and Syria with 144,000 rounds of high explosive rounds.

The newly-designed Phoenix Ghost armed drones considered as loitering munitions are also being delivered to Ukraine, which has a ragtag drone unit that specializes in hitting Russian tanks, fighting vehicles, warplanes and helicopters in the dead of night.

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