AeroVironment has begun producing the latest Jump 20 tactical drones for Ukraine. The company’s CEO, Wahid Nawabi, said the drones, which are the company’s most advanced technology, will be sent to the Ukrainian Armed Forces as soon as the government is ready.
The company has already sent more than a thousand Switchblades and other Puma-type drones to Ukraine by order of the US government.
The general director of the company, Wahid Nawabi, says that Switchblade kamikaze drones are one example of how inexpensive, mobile, but smart weapons can stand up to large armies.
“The war in Ukraine is the most incredible example of how a much smaller country or military force can fight a superpower. First is the spirit of the people, of course. But second is the weapons and resources they have to accomplish the mission. Namely smaller systems , which are so effective in terms of cost and flexibility, and adapted for a major conflict with one of the world’s three superpowers – Ukraine has proven to the world that it can win,” Navabi notes.
Wahid believes that in the future the Ukrainian-Russian war may turn into a war of drones. Therefore, technology will play a decisive role in the results.
Nawabi says he doesn’t know of any newer technology in the world than Switchblade. Iranian Shaheds and Russian Lancets are a more primitive generation of drones.
The company is preparing to send an order to Ukraine for even more powerful drones, which have currently become the most advanced technology of the company – Jump 20 drones.
The company says that they are not just carrying out the orders of the American government, helping Ukraine is a special mission in overthrowing authoritarianism. And here they will do everything possible to contribute to victory. Ukraine is asking to increase the number of drones in the aid package to the maximum.
Sources: Voice of America; The New Voice of Ukraine