White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed that the transfer of air defense systems to Ukraine will happen.

He stated this during a conversation with journalists in the course of the G7 summit, European Pravda writes.

“I can confirm that we are, in fact, in the process of finalizing a package that includes advanced air defense capabilities,” he said.

Sullivan added that the details will be announced after the approval of the aid package. It should happen this week.

“This week, as the President told his fellow G7 leaders — and as he told President Zelenskyy — we do intend to finalize a package that includes advanced medium- and long-range air defense capabilities for the Ukrainians, along with some other items that are of urgent need, including ammunition for artillery and counterbattery radar systems,” Sullivan continued.

He stressed that the United States will try to adjust assistance to the specific needs of the Ukrainian servicemen and the situation at the front.

That suggests a likely transfer of NASAMS systems to Ukraine.

Back in April, the anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that they were trying to replace obsolete Soviet-made Buk-M1 SAM with advanced NASAMS systems. This was stated in a video message on the official social media page of the Ukrainian Air Force Command.

In late March, President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Norway to provide the NASAMS surface-to-air missile system and Harpoon anti-ship missiles.

NASAMS systems are designed by a consortium of the American corporation Raytheon Technologies and the Norwegian group Kongsberg. The system includes launchers and Raytheon AN / MPQ-64F1 Sentinel radars from the Raytheon and Kongsberg consortium.

Raytheon is responsible for supplying its AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-range air-to-air missiles for this system, and Kongsberg supplies the launchers.

Each mobile launcher has six containers with anti-aircraft missiles. NASAMS system is either in service or about to be delivered to 12 countries.

The firing range of the NASAMS II model using AIM-120C AMRAAM missiles is up to 25 km, and the altitude range is up to 14-15 km.