- Lockheed Martin is weighing new industry partnerships to produce urgently needed PAC-3 Patriot interceptors in Europe, an avenue that could also help fill Ukraine's shortfalls, according to a company executive.
- U.S. government officials are still expected to make a decision on Patriot production outside the United States, which may involve PAC-2 interceptors made by Raytheon or Lockheed's PAC-3.
- Lockheed's ACE variant is billed at half the cost of an MSE missile and uses a single-pulse motor and blast fragmentation warhead.
- Lockheed is considering partnering with Diehl Defence for any German PAC-3 production, citing a cooperation agreement on interceptor parts dating from October 2025.
- The U.S. government has the final say on where sensitive defense products such as Patriot air-defense equipment are produced outside the United States.
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“From a PAC-3 perspective, we’re absolutely willing to talk to Ukraine”
“We at Lockheed don’t have the authority to just build factories wherever we want”