Last week, a Ukrainian delegation met in Washington with representatives of General Atomics, which manufactures MQ-9 Reaper drones, Forbes reports..

With the support of the US government, these drones could be in the hands of Ukrainian military pilots in a matter of days, a company representative said.. Mark Brinkley.

MQ-9 Reaper - modular reconnaissance and strike UAV of the US Army. Equipped with a turboprop engine, allowing speeds of over 400 km/h. The drone can carry up to 4 air-to-ground missiles, 4 Hellfire missiles and two Mark 82 laser-guided bombs.

Experts believe that the MQ-9 is able to radically change the course of the war between Ukraine and the Russian occupiers. It has a greater radius of removal from the base than the Turkish " Thanks to this quality, an American drone can be based at a sufficient distance from the front line..

It is the range of the MQ-9A that is one of its significant advantages: this heavy drone is quite capable of striking military targets in Russia itself, right up to Moscow, the publication notes..

Despite the fact that the management of these drones requires careful training, General Atomics is confident that they can quickly train the Ukrainian military.

The US military is also analyzing the possibility of training Ukrainians to work with Switchblade drones..

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General Atomics is a US company involved in nuclear technology projects and defense orders.. Located in San Diego, California. Develops a wide range of systems: from parts of the nuclear fuel cycle to UAVs, aviation sensors, advanced electronics and laser technologies.