Army Moves Another Patriot Battery to Israel as Interceptor Supplies Tighten
The U.S. Army is moving an additional Patriot air-defense battery to Israel, strengthening the country’s missile-defense posture while exposing a…
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Record U.S. Navy Deployments Create Shipyard Repair Crunch Lasting Years
The U.S. Navy’s longest deployments are ending at the pier, but their consequences are moving into shipyards. Ships returning from…
Ukraine Says U.S. Delivered Just 24 Patriot Interceptors in 90 Days
Twenty-four missiles in 90 days: That is the full measure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave for recent U.S. deliveries of…
RTX Posts Record $340 Billion Backlog, but Missile Rebuild Takes at Least Five Years
A record order book is not the same thing as a replenished arsenal. RTX reported a companywide backlog of $340…
Ukraine’s Patriot Batteries Reportedly Left Without Interceptors as Strikes Cut Power to 600,000
Ukraine still has Patriot air-defense equipment, but it has reportedly exhausted the interceptor missiles that give the system its strongest…
Army Warned Terminal High Altitude Area Defense and Patriot Supplies Low Through 2030
The demand for Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors is immediate. Replacing them is not. An Army planning…
EU Sanctions 1,569 Companies and Executives, Mostly Tied to Missile Production
1,569 new sanctions listings give the European Union’s latest action against Russia unusual scale. EU foreign ministers adopted restrictions on…
Ukraine Says Russia Holds 700 Ballistic Missiles, Makes 130 to 140 Monthly
Russia has as many as 700 ballistic missiles in reserve and is producing another 130 to 140 each month, according…
Pentagon Gives Missile Makers 21 Days as Patriot Supplies Tighten
A 21-day deadline can produce a plan. It cannot produce a Patriot interceptor. That is the central tension behind an…
Report: Pentagon Delays Allied Weapons Deliveries as Iran War Drains Missiles
The Pentagon faces a hard allocation problem: missiles used immediately in the Iran war cannot also remain available for another…
Pentagon Keeps Missile-Production Timelines Private 26 Days After Deadline
Twenty-six days after the Pentagon’s Aug. 26 industry deadline, the Defense Department had not publicly disclosed how many companies responded…
U.S. Central Command Puts Iran War Cost at $43.6 Billion
U.S. Central Command estimates that American military operations in the Iran war cost $43.6 billion through Sept. 3. Of that…
Covenant Secures Three Missile Factories, Targets 10,000 Anthems Annually by 2028
Covenant has the factory addresses and initial orders for an unusually ambitious missile-production push. What the Washington-based startup does not…
Navy Submarine Maintenance Delays Cost $3.4 Billion and 15,000 Operational Days
$3.4 billion is the reported cost of keeping U.S. Navy attack submarines and their crews supported through maintenance delays that…
Ukraine Says Russia Beats Missile Targets, Plans 11,000 Attack Drones
Russia is now producing key missiles above plan and intends to build 11,000 strike drones in August, according to Major…
Pentagon Gives Defense Firms 21 Days as Interceptor Inventories Shrink
The Pentagon’s latest message to industry is less about routine contracting than about time. Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg gave…
Air Force One Bridge Jet Starts Final Flights Before Presidential Use
The U.S. Air Force said Friday that its interim Boeing 747-8 presidential aircraft, known as the VC-25B Bridge aircraft, has…
Lockheed Patriot Deal Sets $58.6 Billion Ceiling, Not Guaranteed Missiles
The U.S. Army last week awarded Lockheed Martin a Patriot interceptor production agreement covering fiscal years 2026 through 2032 with…