The United States Department of War has announced the signing of a contract with RTX for the procurement of an additional batch of LTAMDS radar systems for U.S. Army air defense units.
The contract includes production supported by a new GEM-T facility in Schrobenhausen, Germany.
The U.S. Department of War has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the production of an additional batch of PAC-3 MSE missiles.
The Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands has signed a contract with Raytheon for the acquisition of an additional Patriot air defence system.
Switzerland could abandon its planned purchase of the U.S. Patriot air defence system, Defence Minister Martin Pfister has warned.
Boeing and the U.S. Department of War have agreed to a seven-year framework to expand production of PAC-3 seekers, aiming to meet growing global demand for air and missile defense systems.
The United States has redirected Swiss payments intended for F-35 fighter jets to fund the Patriot air defence system, despite Switzerland’s decision to freeze payments for the programme.
The U.S. State Department has approved a potential foreign military sale to Kuwait involving LTAMDS air defense radar systems, with an estimated value of up to $8 billion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Ukraine could face a shortage of air defence missiles as the war in the Middle East affects global military stockpiles.
Ukraine has received a new batch of PAC-3 interceptor missiles for its Patriot air defence systems from Germany following a Ramstein-format meeting.
Countries in the Persian Gulf region and Israel used more Patriot interceptor missiles in the first days of the war with Iran than Ukraine received during the entire period of Russia’s full-scale invasion, according to reporting cited by The New York Times.
Switzerland may face additional delays in receiving the U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems it ordered as global demand rises amid conflict in the Middle East.
