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Raytheon awarded production contract to supply Patriot to Poland

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The Pentagon has give a $1.5 billion Foreign Military Sales to Raytheon to supply four Patriot fire units to Poland.

A patriot missile launcher system part of 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, sits in a training area during the unit’s table gunnery training exercise on Kadena Air Base in Japan, Oct. 19, 2017. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez)
A patriot missile launcher system part of 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, sits in a training area during the unit’s table gunnery training exercise on Kadena Air Base in Japan, Oct. 19, 2017. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Adan Cazarez)


The company added that this is just phase one of Poland’s two-phase medium-range Integrated Air and Missile Defense procurement. There is potential for Poland to acquire additional Patriot fire units and SkyCeptor missiles under phase two of the program.

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