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Immediate Release

Pentagon Press Secretary Statement on Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems Being Provided to Ukraine

Phoenix Ghost was rapidly developed by the Air Force in response specifically to Ukrainian requirements.  The Phoenix Ghost is a tactical unmanned aerial system.  It's developed by a company called Aevex, and it provides similar capabilities to the Switchblade series of unmanned systems – similar capabilities, but not exact.  There's differences in the scope of capability for the Phoenix Ghost.  But I'm not going to be able to get into more detail about those capabilities right now.

It will require some minimal training for knowledgeable UAS operators to be able to use it, and we're going to be working through those training requirements directly with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.