The Pentagon signed seven-year framework deals with L3Harris to nearly triple PAC-3 MSE and quadruple THAAD propulsion output, three days after interceptor-stockpile warnings paused the Iran campaign.
An Iran war that burned through American missile-defense stockpiles is reshaping Pentagon procurement, starting with a contract to quadruple THAAD interceptor production.
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense — a wheeled, hit-to-kill interceptor system that destroys short- and medium-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase, both inside and just above the atmosphere.