Lockheed Receives PAC-3 Missiles Production Contract from US Army
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Besides missile and command launch system production for the US Army in the fiscal year 2013, the contract represents the first foreign military sale (FMS) of the PAC-3 missile to Kuwait.
The $308m contract also marks the 14th production acquisition of the PAC-3 missile segment by the US government. Under the contract, the company will manufacture and supply 244 hit-to-kill PAC-3 missiles, alongside 72 launcher modification kits, associated tooling and programme management services.
Kuwait becomes the sixth international customer to purchase the PAC-3 missile after Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Taiwan and the UAE.
An upgraded version of combat proven PAC-3 air defence missile, PAC-3 missile segment features PAC-3 missile, a highly agile hit-to-kill interceptor, PAC-3 missile canisters, a fire solution computer, an enhanced launcher electronics system and launcher support hardware.
Lockheed Martin serves as prime contractor for the PAC-3 MSE missile upgrade programme.
PAC-3 is an advanced, hit-to-kill air defence projectile weapon designed to defeat a broad spectrum of incoming tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs) and cruise missiles, as well as aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by direct, body-to-body impact.
Manufacturing work will be carried out at the company's facilities in Texas, Massachusetts, Florida and Arkansas, US, while deliveries are scheduled to commence in 2014.
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