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Boeing Starts Building Expansion PAC-3 Missile Seeker Production Facility

Thursday, November 16th, 2023

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Boeing Starts Building Expansion PAC-3 Missile Seeker Production Facility

Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 missile, part of the Patriot air defense capability. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Boeing [BA] broke ground on a new expansion facility to ultimately increase production of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) seekers at its Huntsville, Ala., factory, the company said on Nov. 13. The expansion will be 35,000 square feet and allow the company to increase annual production of the seekers by more than 30 percent, Boeing said. It expects the new facility to be operational by early 2027. The seeker is a core piece of the overall missile system that lets…

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