The statement followed a meeting with a Raytheon team led by Vice President Joseph DeAntona and comes as Ukraine seeks more reliable access to missiles for its Patriot systems.
The project is part of the German defence group’s Project Firepower, a wider capacity push aimed at strengthening ammunition supply for Germany, NATO and the EU.
Lockheed Martin said it is expanding its European missile defense and precision fires partnerships as NATO allies look to strengthen readiness, sustainment and industrial capacity.
From Guam, Dark Eagle can strike targets 2,175 miles away, putting Chinese coastal provinces within range.
Honeywell Aerospace said demand is growing across its international defense business, led by Civitanavi Systems inertial navigation products now supporting customers in Ukraine, Poland, Italy, the United Kingdom and the wider European defense industrial base.
The company said the systems are designed to improve the resilience, mobility and sustainability of U.S. space assets.
The partnership will support development of a variant of the L119 Light Gun for use by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“KNDS invests, develops, produces and builds,” Pistorius said. “You can feel the spirit of renewal that prevails here.”
The contract includes options that would lift the cumulative value to $3.3 billion if exercised.
The offer targets the UK’s next-generation pilot training requirement.
SPEAR is designed to engage targets at stand-off range while allowing the launch aircraft to remain outside the reach of enemy air defences.
Raytheon is ramping up production of its Coyote counter-UAS missile for the U.S. Army’s Low, Slow, Small, Unmanned Aircraft Integrated Defeat System program of record.
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