The Biden administration's plan to sell four large, armable drones to Ukraine has been paused on the fear its sophisticated surveillance equipment might fall into enemy hands, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The technical objection to the sale was raised during a deeper review by the Pentagon's Defense Technology Security Administration charged with keeping high value technology safe from enemy hands. Previously the plan, which has been circulating since March, had been approved by the White House, three people said.

The plan to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for battlefield use against Russia was first reported by Reuters earlier in June.

The objection to the export of the drones arose due to concerns the radar and surveillance equipment on the drones could create a security risk for the United States if it fell into Russian hands.

The sources said this consideration had been overlooked in the initial review but came up in meetings at the Pentagon late last week.

"Technology security reviews are a standard practice for the transfer of U.S. defense articles to all international partners.

All cases are reviewed individually on their own merit. Through the established process, national security concerns are elevated to the appropriate approving authority," said Pentagon spokesperson Sue Gough.

The decision on whether or not to continue with the deal is now being reviewed higher up the chain of command at the Pentagon, but the timing of any decision is uncertain, one of the people a U.S. official said on condition of anonymity.

One solution to move the sale forward would be to swap out the existing radar and sensor package for something less sophisticated, but that could take months to complete, one of the sources.

If the case to sell the drones is allowed to progress, Congress would be given a chance to block it, though that was seen as unlikely.

The four General Atomics-made Gray Eagle drones were originally slated to go to the U.S. Army, people familiar with the process said.

According to Army budget documents, the Gray Eagles cost $10 million each.

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Mynd44 Lalasticlala Seun

What can USA drones do absolutely nothing like this because the further drones leaves it area of control the more it is easy to jam it signal.

Russia will crash all of them.

USA has found out the power of s400 and s500 lol

Bring any fly near Russia new territory and get blown to smithereens.

Kingsnairaland:
What can USA drones do absolutely nothing like this because the further drones leaves it area of control the more it is easy to jam it signal.

Russia will crash all of them.

Not all drones you can jam their signals, They come with counter measures

BritishNaija:


Not all drones you can jam their signals, They come with counter measures

All drones can be jam even the USA best drones have been hacked or shoot down by Iran military.
That’s the reason countries spent a lot on cybersecurity.

Kingsnairaland:
USA has found out the power of s400 and s500 lol

Bring any fly near Russia new territory and get blown to smithereens.

Why would Russia even waste S400 on same drone MiG29 can shoot down or even S200 can hit it.

Ain't that the same version of drone that Iran shoot down?

Let it reach where Russian niggas are and u will see the result

seunny4lif:

All drones can be jam even the USA best drones have been hacked or shoot down by Iran military.
That’s the reason countries spent a lot on cybersecurity.

Predator and It likes are Very difficult to jam, easy to shoot it down than jamming it.

BritishNaija:


Predator and It likes are Very difficult to jam, easy to shoot it down than jamming it.

Same Predator that have been shoot down my Houtis more than 2 times and over 30 of its have been jammed, or shoot down by S200 or less versions

seunny4lif:

Same Predator that have been shoot down my Houtis more than 2 times and over 30 of its have been jammed, or shoot down by S200 or less versions

It was Downed and not by jamming. Like i said, easier to Shoot it down than jamming it, It was designed to be difficult jamming from below and it operates on a very low beam. To jam it, you will have to fly the device used for jamming above and the frequency most not only be low, it must match and be much powerful than that of the satcomms it operates with, Hope you get this.

And not only that, it operates on Auto Pilot too, lets assume you were able to jam it from above, it will Switch to Auto Pilot and fly away from the jamming source and till it reconnects to it satcomms.

Why are you always argue something that USA presidents, CIA directors and USA military have said many times.
Iraq militants backed by Iran government have hacked all USA made drones including some called stealth drones and feed it to theirselves to know where USA want to carry out air strikes.

The militants made it worst by using Russia made software which is available on the internet for just $26, costly embarrassment to the USA defence.

BritishNaija:


It was Downed and not by jamming. Like i said, easier to Shoot it down than jamming it, It was designed to be difficult jamming from below and it operates on a very low beam. To jam it, you will have to fly the device used for jamming above and the frequency most not only be low, it must match and be much powerful than that of the satcomms it operates with, Hope you get this.

And not only that, it operates on Auto Pilot too, lets assume you were able to jam it from above, it will Switch to Auto Pilot and fly away from the jamming source and till it reconnects to it satcomms.

seunny4lif:
Why are you always argue something that USA presidents, CIA directors and USA military have said many times.
Iraq militants backed by Iran government have hacked all USA made drones including some called stealth drones and feed it to theirselves to know where USA want to carry out air strikes.

The militants made it worst by using Russia made software which is available on the internet for just $26, costly embarrassment to the USA defence.

You Alway like to lie to sound inteligent, I have told you in the past to stop that. Which CIA told you so? We are talking about US military drones like Predators and it like, you have to Come up with a lie that US military bought russian available Software of the internet for them.
Jeez, stop this your lies, and again we were arguing about how difficult it is to be jammed and I gave Clear reasons for that. It's easier to Shoot them down than to bring them down by jamming.

Wow
Where did I said US brought the Russia software? Abi you can’t read again.
Mr man research joor

BritishNaija:

You Alway like to lie to sound inteligent, I have told you in the past to stop that. Which CIA told you so? We are talking about US military drones like Predators and it like, you have to Come up with a lie that US military bought russian available Software of the internet for them.
Jeez, stop this your lies, and again we were arguing about how difficult it is to be jammed and I gave Clear reasons for that. It's easier to Shoot them down than to bring them down by jamming.

seunny4lif:
Wow
Where did I said US brought the Russia software? Abi you can’t read again.
Mr man research joor

Who made this statement below? Or you have forgotten so sooon what you wrote?

seunny4lif:
Why are you always argue something that USA presidents, CIA directors and USA military have said many times.
Iraq militants backed by Iran government have hacked all USA made drones including some called stealth drones and feed it to theirselves to know where USA want to carry out air strikes.

The militants made it worst by using Russia made software which is available on the internet for just $26 , costly embarrassment to the USA defence.

BritishNaija:

Who made this statement below? Or you have forgotten so sooon what you wrote?

The Militants not the USA military abi you wan make I slap your head

seunny4lif:

The Militants not the USA military abi you wan make I slap your head

My bad. Over reading and continous monitoring of bitcoin price lolz.

BritishNaija:

My bad. Over reading and continous monitoring of bitcoin price lolz.

BTC dey carry us go where we no know
This world have ended

seunny4lif:

BTC dey carry us go where we no know
This world have ended

Money is everything.

BritishNaija:

You Alway like to lie to sound inteligent, I have told you in the past to stop that. Which CIA told you so? We are talking about US military drones like Predators and it like, you have to Come up with a lie that US military bought russian available Software of the internet for them.
Jeez, stop this your lies, and again we were arguing about how difficult it is to be jammed and I gave Clear reasons for that. It's easier to Shoot them down than to bring them down by jamming.

iran capture one and study it

ken6488:
iran capture one and study it

We are talking about Raptor drones.

BritishNaija:

My bad. Over reading and continous monitoring of bitcoin price lolz.