{"id":151575,"date":"2026-05-08T15:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151575"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:19:57","slug":"pentagon-kupuye-drony-perehoplyuvachi-v-kompaniyi-syniv-trampa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/pentagon-kupuye-drony-perehoplyuvachi-v-kompaniyi-syniv-trampa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon buys interceptor drones from a company backed by Trump\u2019s sons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"267\">The U.S. Air Force has agreed to purchase an initial batch of interceptor drones from Powerus, a company backed by investments from the sons of U.S. President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reports.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"424\">The company will deliver the drones to the Pentagon following a demonstration at a base in Arizona, according to co-founder and president Brett Velicovich.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"510\">Powerus plans to manufacture more than 10,000 drones per month in the United States.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"710\">The deal aligns with the Pentagon\u2019s strategy to acquire cost-effective alternatives to missiles for countering Iranian attack drones. Velicovich stated that Powerus systems help save taxpayer money.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"823\">The company\u2019s ties to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump may present a potential conflict of interest in the deal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"1105\">Democrats in the U.S. Congress have requested information from the Pentagon about other contracts linked to the president\u2019s family. In addition to Powerus, Eric Trump has been involved in deals with Israeli drone manufacturer Xtend and construction firm JFB Construction Holdings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1201\">In response to criticism, Trump\u2019s sons maintain that they are acting as private entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1203\" data-end=\"1586\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Powerus is also seeking to sell its drones in Gulf countries. Velicovich told the Associated Press that the company has conducted demonstrations of its interceptor drones in the Middle East. Former White House chief ethics lawyer Richard Painter stated that Gulf countries are under significant pressure and are being encouraged to purchase drones from the president\u2019s sons\u2019 company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151576,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151575","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151575"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151575"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}