Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for the production and delivery of additional Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile segment enhancement (MSE) missiles and related equipment to the US Army.
Awarded by the US Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), the $755m contract represents the 14th production procurement of PAC-3 missile segment by the US Government, and covers 2013 missile and command launch system production for the US Army and a PAC-3 follow-on sale to Taiwan.
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Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will manufacture and deliver 168 PAC-3 missiles, 27 launcher modification kits and associated tooling, as well as programme management and services.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control PAC-3 programmes vice president Richard McDaniel said the PAC-3 missile has been increasingly sought by the US and other governments worldwide.
"We continue to see expanding interest from all Patriot-using nations, as well as from countries that want to acquire the PAC-3 missile segment for the first time," McDaniel added.
The PAC-3 MSE is an upgraded version of combat proven PAC-3 air defence missile, featuring a powerful motor, larger fins and other structural modifications that provide increased manoeuvrability against faster and advanced ballistic and cruise missiles.
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By GlobalDataLockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control serves as prime contractor for the PAC-3 MSE missile upgrade, which was selected as primary interceptor for the MEADS in September 2006.
PAC-3 is an advanced, hit-to-kill air defence projectile weapon designed to defeat a broad spectrum of incoming TBMs and cruise missiles, as well as aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by direct, body-to-body impact.
Manufacturing work is scheduled to be carried out at the company’s US facilities in Texas, Massachusetts and Florida, as well as its PAC-3 all-up round facility in Arkansas, with deliveries due to start in the first half of 2014.
Image: Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles were deployed by the US Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Kuwait. Photo: file image.
