Overview
- The $3.7 billion contract, announced Tuesday by Raytheon, supplies Patriot GEM-T interceptors to Ukraine.
- Germany’s defense ministry said it will pay for the PAC-2 missile package and also finance more IRIS-T air-defense launchers for Kyiv.
- A new COMLOG-run production line in Schrobenhausen, Germany, is set to support production and replenishment of Ukraine’s Patriot missiles.
- Raytheon did not provide a delivery timeline for the interceptors.
- Ukraine faces frequent missile and drone strikes, and the GEM-T is designed to intercept ballistic and cruise missiles as well as hostile aircraft.