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Raytheon receives $1.225bn to produce Patriot PAC-3+ surface-to-air missiles for Switzerland

By: Maksim Panasovskyi | 30.03.2023, 22:34

The US company Raytheon has begun production of the Patriot PAC-3+ surface-to-air missile system for the Swiss army. Deliveries will take almost 10 years.

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The US Department of Defense website has officially announced that Raytheon has been awarded $1.225bn. Work on the contract will take place at facilities in the US, Germany and Switzerland. Deliveries will last until 31 December 2032.

The Swiss Defence Procurement Agency announced a tender for a new air defence system in early autumn 2018. In addition to Raytheon with the Patriot PAC-3+, Eurosam, the manufacturer of the SAMP/T air defence system, participated in the tender. Raytheon won the tender in late autumn 2020.

Source: Pentagon

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