The US Department of Defence announced $400m in additional security assistance for Ukraine on Tuesday, Reuters reports, including air defence missiles, armoured vehicles and small drones.
The new aid package will include for the first time U.S. furnished Black Hornet surveillance drones made by Teledyne FLIR Defence, part of Teledyne Technologies.
The Norwegian-built Hornet is being used in Ukraine through donations by the British and Norwegian governments, the company said. FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems was awarded a $93m contract in April to provide the small reconnaissance drones to the US Army.
In addition, the weapons aid package includes munitions for Patriot air defence systems and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASMS), Stinger anti-aircraft systems, more ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Stryker Armoured Personnel Carriers and a variety of other missiles and rockets.