Raytheon says it was selected to modernize Space Force early-warning radars

Lockheed Martin is considering new industry partners to build PAC-3 Patriot interceptors in Europe, which could also help supply Ukraine, Defense News reported Tuesday. In Germany, the company is weighing Diehl Defence, Jason Reynolds, general manager of Lockheed's integrated air and missile defense division, told the outlet at the Association of the U.S. Army convention. "If we were to go forward with exploring any kind of production in Germany, we would likely do that with a company like Diehl," he said. A Diehl spokesperson confirmed consultations are ongoing, according to Defense News.¹

Germanya company like Diehlcontingent

If we were to go forward with exploring any kind of production in Germany

Ukrainesomething like an ACE rather than an MSEcontingent

depending on industrial capability and parts availability

Lockheed is considering making them in nearby safe countries and quickly ferrying them into Ukraine as needed

The U.S. government has the final say about where sensitive defense products, including Patriot equipment, can be produced outside the United States.

Source: Reported by Defense News, Oct. 13, 2026

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The pairing has a paper trail. Reynolds signed a memorandum of understanding with Diehl at the same convention a year earlier to explore expanding the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) supply chain.² German leaders have offered to host PAC-3 production, and Raytheon and MBDA already make the PAC-2 line there, Defense News reported.¹

Reynolds said Lockheed is "absolutely willing to talk to Ukraine," adding that "it might be something like an ACE, as opposed to an MSE, that we would start with." Lockheed announced development of the ACE over the summer, billing it as a cheaper option against relatively simple threats at half the cost of an MSE, Defense News reported. Because a plant inside Ukraine risks Russian attack, the company is considering production in nearby safe countries, the outlet reported.¹

Raytheon-Rafael Protection Systems (R2S), the joint venture of RTX's Raytheon and Israel's Rafael, said Friday, Oct. 9, that it has delivered the first Tamir interceptors built at its plant in Camden, Arkansas.^1–2 Tamir is the interceptor for the Iron Dome Weapon System, and R2S says Camden is the first site outside Israel to make it.¹

first production contract$1.25 billionactual

direct commercial sales contract to supply Israel with Tamir surface-to-air missiles

U.S. variant, SkyHunterplanning to produceplanned

for the Marine Corps' Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) program

Source: RTX releases, Nov. 21, 2025 and Oct. 9, 2026

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The venture's first production contract supplies Israel. Announced in November 2025, the $1.25 billion direct commercial sales contract includes Tamir missiles, missile kits and test equipment. The companies put $33 million into the plant to support the Israel Missile Defense Organization's push to accelerate serial production of Iron Dome interceptors.² R2S didn't say how many interceptors it delivered, to whom, under which contract or at what production rate.¹

R2S says Camden is also planning to produce the U.S. variant of Tamir in support of the Marine Corps' Medium Range Intercept Capability (MRIC).¹ Last November, RTX said the site will produce that variant, SkyHunter, which it described as designed to counter threats including cruise missiles, aircraft, rockets, artillery and mortars.² R2S Chief Executive Jonathan Casey said domestic production gives the U.S. and its allies "another reliable, scalable source" for the interceptors.¹