Zelenskyy meets team from Raytheon, US company that builds Patriots, and says Ukraine is now negotiating joint interceptor production
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy met a team from Raytheon.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy met a team from the American defense company Raytheon
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Ukraine is negotiating joint production of Patriot interceptors.
Ukraine is negotiating joint production of interceptors for the Patriot air defense systems
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The meeting is the first direct, publicly reported contact between Zelenskyy and Raytheon since US President Donald Trump pledged at the Ankara's NATO summit on 8 July to grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriots.
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Senior executives described talks on Ukrainian Patriot production as "early days".
senior executives from Raytheon parent RTX and from Lockheed Martin described talks on Ukrainian Patriot production as "early days"
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Senior executives said they were awaiting US government guidance on licensing.
and said they were awaiting US government guidance on licensing
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The Ukrainian side is pushing the process forward directly with Raytheon rather than waiting on it.
Zelenskyy's meeting, led by Raytheon Vice President Joseph Deantona, is the Ukrainian side pushing that process forward directly with the company rather than waiting on it
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Ukraine has long used Raytheon's equipment to protect people from Russian attacks.
Raytheon is a powerful defense company whose equipment Ukraine has long used to protect people from Russian attacks, Zelenskyy said at the meeting
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and agreed that Ukrainian teams at the government level and in the private sector should stay in contact with Raytheon to work out the details of the partnership
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The Patriot interceptor is the weapon Ukraine most needs and can least produce.
The Patriot interceptor is the weapon Ukraine most needs and can least produce
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Ukraine's interception rate against ballistic missiles was roughly 40% in June, against 89% for air threats overall
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Only Patriots reliably engage the ballistic and hypersonic missiles in Russia's massed strikes.
and only Patriots reliably engage the ballistic and hypersonic missiles in Russia's massed strikes
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Independent estimates put the first Ukrainian-built interceptors well over a year away.
Independent estimates put the first Ukrainian-built interceptors well over a year away
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The deepest bottleneck is a Boeing guidance component made in only two places on Earth.
the deepest bottleneck is a Boeing guidance component made in only two places on Earth
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Zelenskyy has been clear that the missiles that matter come from existing American stocks.
For the near term, Zelenskyy has been clear that the missiles that matter come from existing American stocks
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He told NATO's United States envoy this week that increased interceptor deliveries through the PURL mechanism are "the key priority, because Russia's massed strikes do not stop."
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The Raytheon talks are about the year after this one.
The Raytheon talks are about the year after this one
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The PURL deliveries are about tonight.
while the PURL deliveries are about tonight
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