I apologize but there’s not much I can say publicly about it,” Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told FedScoop on Tuesday at the Potomac Officers Club’s annual Air Force Summit. “I actually can’t say very much about Phoenix Ghost. In April, the Pentagon turned heads when it revealed that the Air Force had recently developed a new kamikaze drone called the Phoenix Ghost that it planned to send to Ukraine to support its war effort against Russian invaders.īut a great deal of secrecy still surrounds the weapon, and the Pentagon has been much more mum about it than it has for many of its other drone programs. The Department of Defense is keen on acquiring new loitering munitions - also known as suicide drones, kamikaze drones or tactical unmanned aerial systems (UAS). officials say, but the head of the service that developed the weapon is being tight-lipped about its capabilities and the Pentagon’s plans for employing the system for its own use. The American-made Phoenix Ghost loitering munition is being used to great effect in the Ukraine-Russia war, U.S.
