Lockheed Martin has secured a $202.8-million US Army contract to inspect, recertify, and repair Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptor missiles, extending the service life of a critical air and missile defense capability amid rising demand from US forces and foreign partners.
Under the contract modification, work will be carried out at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Grand Prairie, Texas, and is scheduled to run through June 30, 2028.
The award includes funding from a foreign military sales contract for Taiwan, with $52.4 million in fiscal 2022 funds obligated at the time of award. The Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is managing the effort.
Rather than producing new interceptors, the contract focuses on returning existing PAC-3 missiles to serviceable condition through inspection, recertification, and repair.
The PAC-3 is the most advanced interceptor in the Patriot air and missile defense family. Designed to defeat tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and advanced aircraft, the missile uses a hit-to-kill mechanism that destroys threats through direct impact rather than an explosive warhead.
Lockheed’s PAC-3 Role
Lockheed’s sustainment award comes against a backdrop of increasingly large US Army contracts for Patriot interceptors.
In September 2025, the service awarded a record-breaking $9.8-billion contract to Lockheed Martin for the production of nearly 1,970 PAC-3 MSE interceptors and associated hardware.
Earlier, in July 2024, Lockheed won a $5.2-billion contract to supply PAC-3 missiles to the US Army, with deliveries scheduled through 2027.
In June 2024, the army executed a $4.5-billion multiyear contract with Lockheed for PAC-3 MSE missile production covering hundreds of interceptors and related systems.
