GLSDB is jointly created by SAAB AB and Boeing. It combines the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) with the M26 rocket motor, both of which are common to American inventions.
According to SAAB’s website, the GLSDB is GPS-guided, can defeat some electronic jamming, is usable in all weather conditions, and can be used against armored vehicles. The GBU-39 – which will act as the GLSDB’s warhead – has small, folded wings that allow it to glide over 100 km when dropped from an aircraft and is as small as 3 feet (1 m) in diameter Hit the target.
One of the officials said the USAI funds would also be used to pay for more components of the HAWK air defence, counter drone systems, counter artillery and air surveillance radars, communication equipment, Puma drones and spare parts for key systems like the Patriot and Bradley Will be done. ,
The official said there was also a significant amount of medical equipment to equip three field hospitals being donated by another ally.
The White House declined to comment.
In addition to USAI funds, more than $400 million worth of aid was expected to come from Presidential Drawdown Authority funds, which allow the president to draw from existing US stocks in an emergency.
That aid was expected to include Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Vehicles (MRAPs), Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) and ammunition.
The United States has sent nearly $27.2 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia’s February 2022 invasion.