Raytheon has received a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $183.68m to deliver new kit hardware and related services for the Patriot missile system programme in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The contract’s total cumulative value of $281.15m coincides with Iran-linked missile attacks on the UAE.
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The agreement, arranged under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case AE-B-ZUW, covers procurement, installation, inspection, logistics support and programme management for the Patriot system.
Fiscal 2026 FMS funds provided the obligated amount at the time of award. Only one bid was submitted in response to an online solicitation, US Department of Defence (DoD) said.
The work will take place in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, with completion scheduled for 3 March 2031.
Army Contracting Command, Aviation Logistics, based at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, is managing the contract.
The UAE first sought to acquire the Patriot system through a request made in December 2007, which included nine launchers, 288 PAC-3 missiles and 216 Patriot GEM-T missiles.
The contract was awarded in December 2008.
The Patriot (MIM-104), produced by Raytheon in Massachusetts and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Florida, is designed as a long-range air defence solution capable of countering tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and advanced aircraft.
Raytheon was awarded the contract following recent report from Bloomberg News highlighting that both Qatar and the UAE have increased efforts to bolster their air defence following missile and drone attacks linked to Iran’s retaliatory actions.
Bloomberg cited sources who said the UAE had requested assistance from allies against medium-range threats, while Qatar focused on mitigating drone attacks.
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs later dismissed the reporting, calling it “false and misleading”.
Since the beginning of Iranian attacks, the Ministry of Defence reported that UAE air defence systems have detected 189 ballistic missiles, intercepting 175, with 13 falling into the sea and one landing within the country.
In addition, authorities detected 941 Iranian drones, intercepting 876 while 65 landed inside the UAE, and also detected and destroyed eight cruise missiles.
Recently, Gulf countries reportedly requested advanced air defence and anti-drone systems from Italy, amid heightened regional conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the US.
