# Zelenskyy meets team from Raytheon, US company that builds Patriots, and says Ukraine is now negotiating joint…
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Publisher: Euromaidan Press · published 2026-07-23 · read 2026-09-12

Original: https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/24/zelenskyy-meets-team-from-raytheon-us-company-that-builds-patriots-and-says-ukraine-is-now-negotiating-joint-interceptor-production/

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## Who is named (7)

- [Patriot interceptors](https://truthscore.com/entity/1be42d33)
- [Raytheon](https://truthscore.com/entity/5b6a3c76)
- [Boeing guidance component](https://truthscore.com/entity/ababf141)
- [PURL mechanism](https://truthscore.com/entity/cb2dc65f)
- [U.S. government](https://truthscore.com/entity/ea6410c0)
- [Ukraine](https://truthscore.com/entity/ed2be5f1)
- [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://truthscore.com/entity/fcba1abd)

## What it added

- [Volodymyr Zelenskyy met a team from Raytheon.](https://truthscore.com/claim/abd54b85)
  > Volodymyr Zelenskyy met a team from the American defense company Raytheon
- [Ukraine is negotiating joint production of Patriot interceptors.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e372f5d5)
  > Ukraine is negotiating joint production of interceptors for the Patriot air defense systems
- [The meeting is the first direct, publicly reported contact between Zelenskyy and Raytheon since 8 July 2026.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8509081d)
  > 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.
- [Senior executives described talks on Ukrainian Patriot production as "early days".](https://truthscore.com/claim/9a7b0890)
  > senior executives from Raytheon parent RTX and from Lockheed Martin described talks on Ukrainian Patriot production as "early days"
- [Senior executives said they were awaiting US government guidance on licensing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/16d7f0c6)
  > and said they were awaiting US government guidance on licensing
- [The Ukrainian side is pushing the process forward directly with Raytheon rather than waiting on it.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6d47c7de)
  > 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
- [Ukraine has long used Raytheon's equipment to protect people from Russian attacks.](https://truthscore.com/claim/d2c95c28)
  > Raytheon is a powerful defense company whose equipment Ukraine has long used to protect people from Russian attacks, Zelenskyy said at the meeting
- [The sides agreed that Ukrainian teams should stay in contact with Raytheon to work out the details of the partnership.](https://truthscore.com/claim/de39174d)
  > 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
- [The Patriot interceptor is the weapon Ukraine most needs and can least produce.](https://truthscore.com/claim/892aaeab)
  > The Patriot interceptor is the weapon Ukraine most needs and can least produce
- [Ukraine's interception rate against ballistic missiles was roughly 40% in June, and 89% for air threats overall.](https://truthscore.com/claim/76ba5be0)
  > Ukraine's interception rate against ballistic missiles was roughly 40% in June, against 89% for air threats overall
- [Only Patriots reliably engage the ballistic and hypersonic missiles in Russia's massed strikes.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f3b98264)
  > and only Patriots reliably engage the ballistic and hypersonic missiles in Russia's massed strikes
- [Independent estimates put the first Ukrainian-built interceptors well over a year away.](https://truthscore.com/claim/904f2b69)
  > Independent estimates put the first Ukrainian-built interceptors well over a year away
- [The deepest bottleneck is a Boeing guidance component made in only two places on Earth.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9eb41be2)
  > the deepest bottleneck is a Boeing guidance component made in only two places on Earth
- [Zelenskyy has been clear that the missiles that matter come from existing American stocks.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8600164e)
  > For the near term, Zelenskyy has been clear that the missiles that matter come from existing American stocks
- [Increased interceptor deliveries through the PURL mechanism are the key priority because Russia's massed strikes do not stop.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b7f24563)
  > 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."
- [The Raytheon talks are about the year after this one.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f6ec42b1)
  > The Raytheon talks are about the year after this one
- [The PURL deliveries are about tonight.](https://truthscore.com/claim/66e3cbb7)
  > while the PURL deliveries are about tonight

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