By the end of the year, the United States will transfer all 14 ordered Vampire systems to Ukraine

By the end of the year, the United States will transfer all 14 ordered Vampire systems to Ukraine

Kyiv  •  UNN

December 7 2023, 02:52 PM  •  38413 views

In December 2023, the United States will complete the delivery to Ukraine of all 14 Vampire anti-drone systems, which are designed to detect and intercept drones.

This month, Ukraine will receive all of the month, Ukraine will receive all orders for Vampire anti-drone systems from the United States. We are talking about 14 units of this equipment. This is reported by UNN with reference to the statement of the US Navy Command.

Details

It is noted that the delivery of Vampire will be completed in December 2023. These systems were designed to detect and intercept drones.

The development, production and delivery of the systems is carried out in the shortest possible shortest possible time under the leadership of a special Precision PMA-242 of the US Navy.

We delivered the first four systems in just six months, using an innovative contracting strategy and working diligently to keep pace with the rapid development of the system,

- said Kevin Rasput, deputy program manager for foreign sales.

The U.S. Navy also reported that the first missiles should arrive with the new batch of Vampire APKWS missiles equipped with a contactless fuze. This will happen in the coming weeks.

For the record

Vampire anti-drone systems are relatively new weapon. Its testing first began in 2021. The mobile anti-aircraft complex has an optoelectronic system WESCAM MX-10 with thermal imaging and television cameras.

The Vampire is equipped with a launcher and 70 mm laser-guided APKWS missiles. laser-guided missiles. The system is portable and can be installed on various vehicles. including simple off-road vehicles.

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