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Pentagon, BAE Strike 7-Year Deal to Quadruple THAAD Seeker Output

The pact signals a long-term push to put missile-defense production on a wartime footing.

A general view of the Pentagon on the day that at least 30 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Overview

  • The Pentagon and BAE agreed to a seven-year plan to quadruple output of the infrared seeker that guides the THAAD interceptor.
  • THAAD uses a hit-to-kill interceptor steered by the seeker to destroy ballistic missiles inside and outside the atmosphere.
  • The seeker pact aligns with a January agreement with Lockheed Martin to raise annual THAAD interceptor production from 96 to 400.
  • Defense leaders said the multiyear deal secures key supply chains and gives industry the certainty to invest, expand, and hire.
  • BAE will build the seekers in Nashua, New Hampshire, and Endicott, New York, as Military Times spotlighted the cost gap between $35,000 Shahed drones and multi-million-dollar interceptors.