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U.S. Approves New $775 Million Weapons Aid Deal For Ukraine, Includes ScanEagle Drones

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, August 19th, 2022

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U.S. Approves New $775 Million Weapons Aid Deal For Ukraine, Includes ScanEagle Drones

A Boeing Insitu ScanEagle drone in flight (Photo: Boeing Insitu)

The U.S. has approved sending another $775 million in weapons to Ukraine, with the latest package including a range of capabilities from the first delivery of ScanEagle reconnaissance drones to additional munitions for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) launchers. With the latest package, which is the 19th drawdown of equipment from existing Pentagon inventories, the U.S. has now committed to sending nearly $10 billion in weapons to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s invasion. “As President Biden has made…

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