Patriot
Lower-tier integrated air and missile defense
U.S. DoD announced one Patriot battery for Ukraine as part of joint allied air-defense package
VerifiedRTX announced a $627 million Netherlands contract for Patriot radars, launchers, and command-and-control stations; the release did not publish quantities or delivery dates
VerifiedLockheed said a U.S. government $4.7 billion undefinitized contract action enabled accelerated PAC-3 MSE production; the release did not publish a country-by-country allocation
VerifiedRTX announced a $3.7 billion contract to supply GEM-T interceptors for Ukraine; it said a planned COMLOG Germany facility would support this and other contracts, not that interceptors had been delivered
Verified- + Deep alliance interoperability and broad global user base
- + Combat-proven against multiple threat classes
- + Flexible interceptor stack lets users trade magazine depth against ballistic-missile performance
- - Exact performance depends heavily on missile mix and radar baseline
- - High cost and heavy logistics footprint relative to shorter-range systems
- - Magazine depth can become a constraint in saturation attacks
On 11 July 2024, the U.S. announced one Patriot battery for Ukraine in a joint allied air-defence package.