Lockheed Tests Patriot Missile Link to Radar Information From Any Direction
Lockheed Martin has completed the first developmental flight test of a communications device designed to let Patriot interceptors receive radar…
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Lockheed’s More Maneuverable Patriot Interceptor Won’t Start Testing Until 2027
Patriot operators face missiles capable of making harder-to-predict maneuvers, but Lockheed Martin’s proposed answer remains years from possible deployment. The…
Boeing Gets $14.7 Billion Deal to Triple Patriot Missile Seeker Production
A sophisticated air-defense system cannot keep operating without a deep supply of interceptors, and one small but essential guidance component…
Boeing Gets $14.7 Billion Patriot Seeker Award Amid Interceptor Pressure
Lockheed Martin has awarded Boeing a $14.7 billion undefinitized contract action for seekers used in Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment…
Reported Patriot Use Hits 943 Rounds in 96 Hours, Outrunning Production
943 Patriot rounds in 96 hours. That reported expenditure by U.S. and Gulf forces during the opening days of the…
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…
U.S. Reportedly Used 80% of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Interceptors
Nearly 80% is the unconfirmed figure now defining the strain on one of America’s most specialized missile defenses. Two people…
Reported Patriot Shortage in Europe Raises Urgency of Production Expansion
U.S. Patriot interceptor inventories in Europe are “beyond critical” after missiles were redirected to and expended in the Middle East,…
GM Defense Delivers First Patriot Parts as Pentagon Targets Triple Output
GM Defense delivered its first batch of housing components for Lockheed Martin’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptor on…
Taiwan Plans Fourth Patriot Battalion as 102-Missile Delivery Faces Uncertainty
Taiwan plans to establish a fourth Patriot air-defense battalion while the status of 102 U.S. made interceptors scheduled for delivery…
CSIS Estimates Patriot Inventory Fell From 2,330 to 759, Recovery by 2030
Money can authorize more missile interceptors, but it cannot make qualified factories, specialized machinery and trained workers appear on the…
Patriot Use Reportedly Outpaces U.S. Production, Leaving Fewer Than 850 Interceptors
Fewer than 850 Patriot interceptors reportedly remain in the worldwide U.S. inventory, down from approximately 2,330 before the continuing campaign…
Estimated Patriot and THAAD Supplies Could Take Three Years to Rebuild
More missile funding is moving into the U.S. defense-industrial base, but finished interceptors cannot be delivered on an appropriations schedule….
Ukraine Needs Patriot Missiles Before Winter, but New Production Could Take Years
Ukraine’s need for additional Patriot interceptors is measured in months, but the proposed industrial remedy is measured in years. Kyiv…
Ukraine Reports Patriot Missile Shortage Before Winter; New Production Takes Years
Ukraine says it needs more Patriot interceptor missiles before winter, but the fastest supply cannot come from a newly built…