The United States has approved more than $600 million in Foreign Military Sales to Ukraine, focusing on the long-term sustainment, maintenance, and logistical support of critical air defence and artillery systems.
The deals, announced in a series of notifications by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) between 23 July and 5 August, represent a major investment in Kyiv’s ability to keep its existing Western-supplied equipment operational under high battlefield intensity.
The largest of the new packages, valued at $180 million, is for air defence sustainment. According to the DSCA, the proposed sale includes equipment and services to support “training, sustainment, and refurbishment measures” for U.S.-origin air defence systems already in Ukrainian service.
This includes spare parts, repair support, personnel training, and contractor logistics. Sierra Nevada Corporation and V2X Inc. are among the U.S. contractors named, alongside two Kyiv-based companies, Radionix and Systems Electronic Export. The deal is aimed at ensuring “a more robust air defence capability” without requiring new U.S. personnel on the ground.
Another major approval was issued for the refurbishment and sustainment of Ukraine’s HAWK Phase III missile system, at an estimated cost of $172 million. This package includes trucks, toolkits, spares, and technical services to overhaul HAWK fire units. RTX (Raytheon), PROJECTXYZ, and Greece-based Sielman Corporation are listed as principal contractors. The DSCA said the sale would strengthen Ukraine’s capacity for “self-defense and regional security missions.”
The third significant component of the approved deals is a $150 million package to establish local Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) capabilities for M109 self-propelled howitzers. The U.S. emphasised that Ukraine urgently needs domestic sustainment capacity to “maintain high operational rates” of U.S.-provided artillery systems. Work will be led by BAE Systems, Daimler Truck North America, and Allison Transmission, with all activity based in Europe. The DSCA highlighted the importance of the deal for improving repair cycles, reducing logistics burdens, and increasing battlefield availability of key platforms.
Rounding out the approvals is a $99.5 million sale for transportation and consolidation services. While less visible than combat systems, this deal provides vital logistical support for moving and organising equipment provided through security assistance programmes. No prime contractor was named, but vendors will be selected from approved U.S. suppliers.
According to the DSCA, all four sales will support U.S. foreign policy objectives and “improve the ability of Ukraine to provide for its own defence”.
Sales. Not supply? So Ukraine gets American systems as long as they end up massively in debt to the US?
Probably paid for by that “NATO backs new US-led channel to accelerate aid to Ukraine”.
The EU can pay for the Ukrainian weapons if they choose to. The US spent 3 years supplying weapons, intel and ammo to Ukraine to defend its NATO allies. But the EU nations have allowed their weapons production capability to atrophy to the point where it has taken more than 3 years for them to provide enough weapons to Ukraine. The US, barely, has the capacity to produce enough weapons for not only itself, but also its allies and Ukraine.
Time for the EU states to step up to the plate.
NATO stood by the US after 9/11, which is remembered and appreciated. But they seem to have knelt more than stood for the past 15 years.
From 2022 to the end of 2024 the US spend 122 Billion on Ukraine. The EU spend 121 billion. So shut up you’re full of shit, like most TACO supporters.
President Trump lies about everything: the amount the US has spent, the amount Europe has spent, what the Russians are doing, everything. Our own politicians lie too, and you have to carefully examine the details to get to reality. However, the US President shamelessly makes up whatever he wants to say at the time. It’s usually not even worth looking at the details to see where/how he bent the truth. The concept of truth has no concrete meaning for him in the first place. You would be wise not to repeat what he says.
Better than nothing, the us is not that big a deal outside of intelligence where it’s vital and presumably it’s supplying that for free. It’s fine for Europe to step up on Ukraine which it is.
Nah, just goes to show what a Vulture the US is.
Can we get the title changed.. they’re not providing $600m, they’re selling $600m worth of stuff.. money will probably eventually come from non-US sources.