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Lockheed Martin Says $4.8 Billion Army PAC-3 MSE Award Will Accelerate Production

Rich Abott — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:33:48 +0000

A day after the Army on April 9 awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $4.76 billion contract to produce an unspecified number of Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement missiles, […]

Pentagon More Than Doubles Funding For Missile Defense Interceptors In 2027 Request

Rich Abott — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:56:13 +0000

The Pentagon’s fiscal year 2027 budget request is seeking billions of dollars more to procure missile defense interceptors, according to documents published Friday. The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) procurement budget […]

Pentagon Plans $65 Million Effort To Integrate PAC-3 MSEs Onto Navy Destroyers

Rich Abott — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:36:06 +0000

The Defense Department plans to spend $65 million from the 2025 reconciliation bill to integrate the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) onto the Aegis […]

New PAC-3 Agreement Possible With Guaranteed Cash Flows And Inflation Markers, Officials Say

Rich Abott — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:43:46 +0000

Defense Department and Lockheed Martin [LMT] officials confirmed specific measures around cash flows and accounting for inflation are key to a new framework agreement that aims to more than triple […]

DoD and Lockheed Martin Sign Framework Agreement To More Than Triple PAC-3 MSE Production

Rich Abott — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:53:37 +0000

The Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Tuesday announced a new seven year-long framework agreement aimed at pushing annual production of the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment […]

Boeing Wins $2.7 Billion In PAC-3 Seeker Production Contracts, Lockheed Martin And Diehl Make A Deal

Rich Abott — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:04:42 +0000

Boeing [BA] on Tuesday announced it won a series of multiyear contracts worth $2.7 billion total to produce more Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) seekers. Boeing produces the seekers under prime […]

Army Awards Lockheed Martin $9.8 Billion PAC-3 MSE Contract

Rich Abott — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 21:30:17 +0000

The Army awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $9.8 billion contract to produce 1,970 Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors for the U.S. and international partners, […]

State Department OK’s $8.5 Billion IBCS-Enabled Patriot Sale To Denmark

Rich Abott — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:08:18 +0000

The State Department on Friday approved a potential $8.5 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Denmark for multiple Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS)-Enabled Patriot air and missile defense system with […]

Army Tests LTAMDS Secondary Radar Array In 9th Live Fire Test

Rich Abott — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:21:07 +0000

The U.S. Army last week conducted another missile flight test with the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS), this time using its secondary radar array detect and track […]

Patriot Hits Missile Test Target While Integrated With New LTAMDS Radar

Rich Abott — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:41:22 +0000

Last weekend a Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 missile successfully intercepted a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) while integrated with RTX [RTX] Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor […]

Army Officials Talk Missile Defense Production Improvements, Relieving OpTempo

Rich Abott — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:16:21 +0000

Army officials on Tuesday argued how they are working to reduce the high operational tempo of high demand missile defense systems like Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and Patriot […]

State Department OKs Potential $224 Million Sale For Netherlands Patriot Launching Stations

Rich Abott — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:56:10 +0000

The U.S. approved a potential $22 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) with the Netherlands for two Patriot M903 Launching Stations (LS), upgrades and related equipment. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency […]

Boeing Set To Break Annual PAC-3 Seeker Production Record

Rich Abott — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:37:30 +0000

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Boeing [BA] on Tuesday said it is on track this year to break its annual record for production on the seeker of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot […]

Spain To Buy PAC-3 MSEs As 16th Partner

Rich Abott — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:07:09 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] this week announced U.S. and Spanish officials formally agreed for the latter to purchase the company’s Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles, making it […]

Lockheed Martin and DoD Test Fire PAC-3 MSE With Aegis System

Rich Abott — Tue, 21 May 2024 19:33:22 +0000

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday said it worked with the Defense Department to test fire a Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor that destroyed a target using […]

Switzerland Signs Agreement With U.S. To Buy PAC-3 MSE Missiles

Rich Abott — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:07:49 +0000

This week Switzerland signed an agreement with the U.S. government to buy Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles via Foreign Military Sales (FMS), the […]

PAC-3 MSE Tests Integration With IBCS

Rich Abott — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 20:56:40 +0000

In flight tests earlier this month, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) units worked with the Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) for the […]

IBCS Completes Fourth Army Test

Rich Abott — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 21:28:45 +0000

Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) demonstrated an ability to scale up across long distances during a successful five-week long U.S. Army test, […]

Lockheed Martin Wins $524 Million Contract For More Patriot Missile Interceptors

Rich Abott — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 22:24:22 +0000

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $524 million modification Tuesday to a domestic and foreign military sales (FMS) contract for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile segment enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missiles. […]

PAC-3 Missiles Successfully Intercept Tactical Ballistic Missile Targets

Rich Abott — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:31:45 +0000

Five Lockheed Martin [LMT] Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 interceptors successfully defeated four tactical ballistic missile targets in a test earlier this month. The Army led a flight test of four […]

Army Demonstrates Remote Launch Capability In PAC-3 MSE Test

Cal Biesecker — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:57:29 +0000

The Army last weekend successfully tested its latest Patriot missile interceptor in a remote launch configuration, a first for the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), Lockheed Martin [LMT] reported on […]

Japan Moves Patriot Missile Defense To Practice Against North Korean Attack

Rich Abott — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 21:05:24 +0000

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) plans to temporarily deploy Patriot missile defense batteries to U.S. installations in Japan for the next two weeks as practice for responding to North […]

PAC-3 MSE Successfully Hits Target In Test Flight

Rich Abott — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 19:43:37 +0000

A Lockheed Martin [LMT]-constructed PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missile detected, tracked, and successfully intercepted a tactical ballistic missile target today, the company said. The PAC-3 is a high-velocity […]

Raytheon Demonstrates AESA GaN Technologies For U.S. Patriot Radar

Defense Daily Staff — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:45:06 +0000

Raytheon [RTN] yesterday said it demonstrated the successful prototyping of Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) and Gallium Nitride (GaN) technologies into the U.S. Patriot Air and Missile Defense System radar. […]

Lockheed Martin Receives First Production Order For PAC-3 MSE

Defense Daily Staff — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 21:38:25 +0000

The Army awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] its first production contract for its most advanced Patriot missile: the Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement under a $610 million modification issued March […]

UAE Buying PAC-3 Missiles, E-2C Upgrades

DDN — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The United Arab Emirates is looking to spend upward of $9 billion to buy 288 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security […]

Kuwait Seeking PAC-3 Missiles, Upgrades

DDN — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Kuwait has requested a possible $1.36 billion sale of 80 PAC-3 missiles, PAC-2 missile upgrades to GEM (Guidance Enhanced Missile)-T, and Patriot ground support equipment upgrades as well as associated […]

UAE Buying PAC-3 Missiles, E-2C Upgrades

DDN — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The United Arab Emirates is looking to spend upward of $9 billion to buy 288 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles as well as associated equipment and services, the Defense Security […]

Kuwait Seeking PAC-3 Missiles, Upgrades

DDN — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000