Tag: Patriot
U.S. Locks In Massive Patriot Production Expansion
The U.S. government has awarded Lockheed Martin a seven-year contract modification worth up to $53.86 billion for Patriot PAC-3 MSE interceptors, bringing the total multiyear program to $58.62 billion after an initial $4.7 billion award in April.The money buys time, not missiles. Lockheed delivered 620 PAC-3 MSE interceptors in 2025…
U.S. Starts Rationing Air Defenses Against Iranian Strikes
U.S. commanders are deliberately allowing some Iranian missiles and attack drones through their air defenses, accepting damage to military installations rather than expend interceptors that are growing harder to replace, according to NBC News.Two senior U.S. officials told NBC News that commanders have been choosing which incoming weapons to intercept…
Trump Envoys Reopen Kyiv Channel While Rubio Meets Lavrov
Washington is pursuing two parallel Ukraine tracks. On July 22, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spoke directly with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, bypassing formal diplomatic channels that have produced little progress since the Iran war shifted Washington's attention away from Ukraine. A day later, Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Lockheed Unveils Lower-Cost Patriot Interceptor
Lockheed Martin unveiled the PAC-3 Adapted Capability Effector (ACE) at the Farnborough International Airshow on Monday, introducing a lower-cost interceptor for the Patriot air-defense system that the company says will cost less than half as much as the current PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), estimated at about $4 million per…
Russia Hits Kyiv Amid Patriot Shortage
Russia struck Kyiv with six to eight ballistic missiles overnight into July 14, hours after Ukraine and nine European countries launched a coalition aimed at countering Moscow's ballistic missile threat, according to Kyiv Independent. The strike began around 00:16 local time, and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air defenses engaged…
Ukraine Is Forcing Europe to Rethink Air Defence
More for Ukraine, more for themselvesWestern leaders gathering in Paris on Monday are trying to secure more air-defence systems for Ukraine. The shortage they face, however, is not simply one of missiles or launchers. It reflects a defence-industrial model built for decades of peacetime efficiency rather than sustained high-intensity war.…
Russia’s Long-Range Strike Campaign Is Becoming a War of Industrial Attrition
More than four years into Russia's full-scale invasion, the struggle for control of Ukraine's skies has become one of the defining contests of the war. Moscow is no longer seeking decisive effects from individual missile barrages. Instead, it is using sustained waves of drones and missiles to wear down Ukraine's…
