T???is & G?ill???, ? F??nc? ????s??c? c?m??n?, ??s ?nt???? int? ? ???tn??s?i? wit? Uk??in?’s st?t? ?nt????is? Ant?n?v t? j?intl? ?????c? ? sc?l??-??wn ?n? c?st-????ctiv? v??si?n ?? t?? A???k ???n?. T?is c?ll?????ti?n, initi?t?? ???in? ? visit ?? ? F??nc? ??l???ti?n t? K?iv ?n S??t?m??? 28, ??l?s ???mis? ??? ?n??ncin? t?? c????iliti?s ?? t?? A?m?? F??c?s ?? Uk??in?. W?il? s??ci?ic c?nt??ct ??t?ils ??? ??t t? ?? ?in?liz??, it is cl??? t??t t?is ???n? will ?? ?xcl?siv?l? ?tiliz?? ?? t?? Uk??ini?n milit??? ?n? will n?t ?? ?v?il??l? ??? ?x???t. T?? Uk??ini?n v??i?nt ?? t?? A???k ???n? is ??si?n?? ??? ??t? ??c?nn?iss?nc? ?n? c?m??t missi?ns, wit? ?s?i??ti?ns ?? ???i??in? it t? c???? w????n??. H?w?v??, t?? ?????s?? tіm?lin? ??? t?? F??nc?-Uk??ini?n ???n?’s ????in?ss ?? n?xt ???? m?? ??is? c?nc??ns, ?s t?? ???n??ti?n?l A???k ???n? is still in t?? ???t?t??in? ???s? ?n? ??s n?t ?n?????n? ?li??t t?stin?.
T?? A???k ???n? ???sts ? wіп?s??n ?? 22 m?t??s ?n? ? t?k???? w?i??t ?? ????n? 5.5 t?ns, incl??in? ? ???l??? c???cit? ?? 1.5 t?ns. T?? c?m??n? ?ims t? c?n??ct its in??????l ?li??t ?? t?? ?n? ?? t?is ????, wit? ?????cti?n ????in?ss ?n? s??vic? int????cti?n sl?t?? ??? mi?-2025. T?? ???t?t??? ?? t?? A???k ???n? w?s ??v?l???? in s?c??c? ?v?? ? s??n ?? tw? ????s in Bl?is (L?i?-?t-C???) ?n? w?s ?nti??l? s?l?-??n??? ?? ETI T???is & G?ill???. P?t?ick G?ill???, c?-?wn?? ?? t?? c?m??n?, is ??????l t??t t?? F??nc? milit??? will s??w int???st in t??i? ??si?n. Wit? its im???ssiv? s??ci?ic?ti?ns, t?? A???k ???n? ??nks sli??tl? ???v? t?? Am??ic?n R????? (?? w?ic? F??nc? ??s ?c??i??? 12 ?nits) ?n? t?? ???t?c?min? E??????n E??????n?.
T???is & G?ill??? Unv?ils A???k Unm?nn?? A??i?l V??icl? ?t P??is Ai? S??w 2023
T???is & G?ill??? ?nv?ils A???k ??c?nn?iss?nc? ?n? c?m??t ?nm?nn?? ???i?l v??icl? (UAV) ?t P??is Ai? S??w 2023. (P??t? ?? T???is & G?ill???)
D?s?it? t??s? ?c??isiti?ns, t?? F??nc? A?m?? F??c?s still ?????l? wit? c??ll?n??s ??l?t?? t? t?? s?t???ti?n ?? l???? UAVs. T?? ???l??m?nt ?? S????n P?t??ll?? ???n?s ?x???i?nc?? ? s??st?nti?l ?iv?-???? ??l??, ?n? t??? ??? still n?t ???i???? wit? ??m?m?nts. In c?nt??st, t?? m?c? l????? E??????n?, l?? ?? Ai???s, is n?t ?x??ct?? t? ?? ????? ?ntil 2030 ?t t?? ???li?st, wit? ? ?i?? ?nit c?st. T?? A???k ???n? ?ims t? ?ill t?? v?i? ?? ?????in? ?n ????????l? ?n? m?ss-?????c?? ??m?? ???n? s?l?ti?n ??? F??nc?. T? m?int?in c?st-????ctiv?n?ss, its c???t??s ??v? ????t?? t???iti?n?l ?i?c???t ???t???s, incl??in? ? sin?l? ?????ll??-??iv?n ?n?in?, ????st l?n?in? ???? wit? wi?? s??cin?, ?n? t?? ??ilit? t? ?????t? ???m ?n??v?? ??nw??s ?s s???t ?s 400-500 m?t??s, sit??t?? cl?s? t? ?????ti?n?l t???t??s. W?il? t?? ?x?ct ??ic? ?? t?? ?????cti?n m???l is ?n?iscl?s??, it is ?ntici??t?? t? ?? sli??tl? ?i???? t??n t??t ?? t?? T??kis? TB2 ??t c?nsi?????l? l?w?? t??n t?? Am??ic?n R?????.
Wit? six ??????ints c????l? ?? c????in? ?? t? 1.5 t?ns ?? ???l???, t?? A???k ???n? c?n t??ns???t ???? AASM ???cisi?n-??i??? ??m?s ?n? tw? H?ll?i?? missil?s. In ???iti?n t? its c?m??t c????iliti?s, it c?n ?ls? ??????m ??c?nn?iss?nc? ?n? s??v?ill?nc? missi?ns, ?????in? ? st?n???? ?n????nc? ?? 24 ????s, w?ic? c?n ?xt?n? t? 30 ????s in ? cl??n c?n?i????ti?n wit???t ??m?m?nts. T?? A???k ???n? is ???i???? wit? ??v?nc?? t?c?n?l??i?s, incl??in? t?? T??l?s S???c?m?st?? ?????, E????li? ?l?ct??-??tic?l s?ns??, ?n? S????n’s AASM ???cisi?n-??i??? ??m?s. T?? m?n???ct????’s ????????? ?n?in? is t?? S????n H?lic??t?? En?in?s A??i??n 3TP, ?lt????? ?n ?lt??n?tiv? ?n?in? m?? ?? c?nsi????? i? n?c?ss???, ??t?nti?ll? ?li?nin? t?? UAV wit? t?? ?n?in? c??s?n ??? t?? E??????n?, ???m?tin? int????????ilit? wit?in t?? ??m?? ???c?s. T?is c?ll?????ti?n ??tw??n Ant?n?v ?n? T???is & G?ill??? ????l?s ? ???misin? ??t??? ??? ??t? Uk??ini?n ?n? F??nc? milit??? c????iliti?s in t?? ???lm ?? ??m?? ???n?s.