The Department of War has signed new framework agreements with Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin aimed at dramatically expanding U.S. interceptor production, increasing PAC-3 Patriot Missile Segmen...
Worth noting these capacity targets have been announced in various forms since 2018, and the actual bottleneck has never been assembly lines — it's solid rocket motor supply, historically monopolized by Aerojet (now L3Harris). The "second source" clause buried in this deal matters more than the headline 600→2,000 number, since that's the constraint that's kept real output far below stated capacity for years.