Patriot SAM Developments

Plans for Japan to double production from 30 to 60 Patriots a year to help Ukraine is being delayed by a shortage of seekers manufactured by Boeing, the Japanese plant has a limit of 60 and cant expand capacity further without a new plant being built. Boeing began expanding Seeker production capacity in the US by 30% last year but it wont come on stream until 2027 also delaying a plan to increase US domestic production from 500 to 650 Patriots a year (with another 100 manufactured abroad for a total of 750 by 2027).

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US-Japan Patriot missile production plan hits Boeing component roadblock

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries already makes about 30 PAC-3 missiles each year. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Plans for Japan to double production from 30 to 60 Patriots a year to help Ukraine is being delayed by a shortage of seekers manufactured by Boeing, the Japanese plant has a limit of 60 and cant expand capacity further without a new plant being built. Boeing began expanding Seeker production capacity in the US by 30% last year but it wont come on stream until 2027 also delaying a plan to increase US domestic production from 500 to 650 Patriots a year (with another 100 manufactured abroad for a total of 750 by 2027).

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US-Japan Patriot missile production plan hits Boeing component roadblock

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries already makes about 30 PAC-3 missiles each year. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Idk why they never gave seeker production licensing to Japan. This would have just solved things long before there ever would have been an issue.
 
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Boeing on track to break PAC-3 Missile seeker annual production record

Boeing's current PAC-3 Missile seeker production pace is slated to break its previous production records by roughly 20% by the end of the year.
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RTX gets $478M to replenish Germany’s Patriot missiles sent to Ukraine

Raytheon's contract will facilitate the supply of GEM-T missiles to Germany as NATO countries continue to send the missiles to Ukraine.
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NSPA Grants Raytheon $478 Million Contract to Supply Patriot GEM-T Missiles

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2024 - Raytheon, a division of RTX (NYSE: RTX), has secured a $478 million contract from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to provide Germany with additional GEM-T missiles. This contract aims
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Poland Signs Patriot Launcher Production Agreement | Aviation Week Network

Poland has signed an agreement for the production of 48 M903 Patriot launchers, part of Warsaw’s wider push to enhance its air and missile defense capacity.
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US State Department clears $5B sale of Patriot missiles to Germany

Germany wants to buy 600 of the most capable variant of the PAC-3 missile as it works to provide Ukraine with the weapons while replenishing its own stock.
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Given the urgent need to massively increase the production PAC2 and PAC3 missiles but there are bottlenecks in the production shouldn't the US DoD be thinking about opening a second-source production line?
 
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Given the urgent need to massively increase the production PAC2 and PAC3 missiles but there are bottlenecks in the production shouldn't the US DoD be thinking about opening a second-source production line?
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As I understand it the big issues is with the motors and guidence system.

There isnt many people in the US who can makes those with those who do are already at capacity with all the other similar gear like Standards, GMLRS, Nasa, etc who also need similar stuff.

So we are talking about a full from raw production build up which is going to take a few years even with the military pile driving OSHA and NIMBY into the ground. Assuming the Money could be pull from the corpses in Congress that is.
 
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There isnt many people in the US who can makes those with those who do are already at capacity with all the other similar gear like Standards, GMLRS, Nasa, etc who also need similar stuff.
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There's a few places that could make it. Micron and HP/etc in the Boise area, but the USgov would have to pay market rates for rush orders at the chip fabs.


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So we are talking about a full from raw production build up which is going to take a few years even with the military pile driving OSHA and NIMBY into the ground. Assuming the Money could be pull from the corpses in Congress that is.
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As to new factories in general, well, the way to pry money out of (the opposite of progress) is to locate the factories in the districts of the members of the committee.

Witness the 688 class, each named for the home city of each member of the Armed Services Committee at the time... And the F35.
 
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Industry looking for what's next after Army's cancelation of next-gen Patriot interceptor - Breaking Defense

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon had been closing watching the Army's Lower-Tier Future Interceptor program, but the cancelation of that effort comes as little surprise, company officials said.
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Maj. Gen. Frank Lozano, the Army’s program executive officer for missiles and space, on Monday announced the service’s intent to walk away from the effort, called the Lower-Tier Future Interceptor (LTFI). Instead of buying a new interceptor, which Lozano called “very expensive,” the Army will upgrade the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement currently made by Lockheed Martin, he told Defense News.
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Lockheed had been preparing to compete for LTFI, and as of Tuesday afternoon, the Army had not yet informed the company of its specific path forward for future PAC-3 upgrades, said Tim Cahill, executive vice president of the company’s missiles and fire control business.
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However, the decision didn’t catch Lockheed “flat footed,” as it typically invests in future capability enhancements on PAC-3 and has technology “waiting in the wings,” he added.
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