The Pentagon awarded Raytheon a $1.2 billion contract to produce additional Patriot surface-to-air missile systems for the U.S. Army and Switzerland's military.
Soldiers from the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conduct Patriot missile live-fire training at the McGregor Range Complex at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2022.
The Swiss military’s acquisition of the Patriot was previously approved by the State Department in 2020 as a request to acquire five Patriot batteries with missiles, radars and other equipment at a total cost of more than $2.2 billion. Tuesday’s contract awarded by the Pentagon applies only to Patriot launchers, or fire units.
As is the case with other foreign military sales, the acquisition – in this case, Switzerland’s purchase of the Patriot fire units – is merged with the U.S. military’s orders for the same equipment, which helps reduce the per-unit cost due to economies of scale in the defense contractor’s production process.
U.S. Patriot missile batteries from the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, stand ready in Poland on April 10, 2022.
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