The American defense company “Raytheon” is ready to jointly produce interceptor missiles for
“Patriot” air defense systems with Ukraine.
This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky after a meeting with the Raytheon team led by Vice President Joseph DeAntona.
"I am grateful for the companyʼs willingness to take our partnership to an even higher level, when Ukraine, together with ʼRaytheonʼ, will produce some of the most important air defense assets — interceptors for the ʼPatriotsʼ. President Trump and I talked about this in Ankara, itʼs time to move in this direction," Zelensky noted.
Also at the meeting with the “Raytheon” team, the President of Ukraine discussed other areas of partnership related to non-offensive military equipment.
"Our teams — at the government level and from the private sector — will be in contact to finalize everything," Zelensky added.
- “Raytheon” is one of the largest defense companies in the United States, producing air defense systems, missiles, radars, and other high-tech weapons. Among its most famous developments are the “Patriot” and “Javelin” complexes, the “Tomahawk” and AMRAAM missiles.
- At the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8, the US President Donald Trump said that Kyiv would receive licenses to produce “Patriot” missiles. Zelenskyy said at the time that this agreement with Trump was "political in nature", and that all technical details would be further agreed upon by diplomats and representatives of ministries.
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