洛克希德·马丁公司已向L3Harris技术公司授予一份价值47亿美元的未定价合同，用于为PAC-3导弹分段增强型（MSE）拦截弹生产推进系统。

L3公司上周宣布，该合同为期七年，是L3Harris迄今为止获得的最大一笔PAC-3推进系统合同。根据9月8日的一份声明，这项工作将支持该拦截弹先进的双脉冲固体火箭发动机、姿态控制发动机以及一种被称为“杀伤力增强器”的破片爆炸装置的大规模生产。

今年1月，洛克希德公司宣布了一项为期七年的框架协议，将PAC-3拦截弹的年产量从600枚提高到2000枚。

今年6月，L3Harris在阿肯色州破土动工建设两座新设施，以支持陆军PAC-3推进系统产能的提升。这两座制造工厂预计将于2027年投入运营。

The production boost comes as the war in Iran and Ukraine have driven up demand for the advanced air defense missiles. The Army already uses the interceptor missile in its Patriot air defense system and earlier this spring, the Navy announced its intent to integrate PAC-3 MSE into its Aegis Combat System for the first time. The Army and Navy’s requests for PAC-3 MSE have grown 839%, from 341 in fiscal year 2026 to 3,203 in fiscal year 2027, according to an August report from the Washington think tank CSIS that examined the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2027 budget requests. Still, experts warn that even plans for increased production cannot match the U.S. military’s current demand for PAC-3 MSE. The U.S. is also losing when it comes to the cost ratio between the PAC-3 MSE, valued around $4 million, and Iran’s Shahed drones, which cost $35,000 each.