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Rafael has completed a trial of its SPYDER air defense system in Israel. The system used I-DERBY ER and I-DERBY LR missiles to intercept multiple simulated threats.
The U.S. government has awarded Lockheed Martin up to $53.86 billion for PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors.
Lockheed Martin has supported a live-fire test of a developmental medium-range ground-based air defense prototype in Australia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed licenses that would allow Ukraine to produce interceptors for Patriot air defense systems during talks at the White House.
Lockheed Martin won a Pentagon contract for a new high-power laser weapon just two weeks after a successful test under the Golden Dome missile defense program.
The agreement follows other PAC-3 MSE framework arrangements across the program’s industrial base.
L3Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Department of War have signed a seven-year framework agreement to quadruple propulsion production for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system.
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded Lockheed Martin UK a £20 million contract to develop a hypersonic target for missile-defense testing.
President Donald Trump announced at a NATO summit in early July that Ukraine would receive a license to produce Patriot missiles.
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.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List has become a central mechanism for delivering critical U.S.-made weapons and defense equipment.
The contract includes options that would lift the cumulative value to $3.3 billion if exercised.
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