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MEADS International Believes Germany’s MEADS Selection First Of Many Worldwide

Pat Host

Tuesday, June 9th, 2015

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MEADS International Believes Germany’s MEADS Selection First Of Many Worldwide

MEADS Multifunction Fire Control Radar Photo: MBDA Germany.

MEADS International believes Germany’s selection of its Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) over Raytheon’s [RTN] Patriot for its next-generation air and missile defense system will be the first of many among NATO and worldwide allies.“We think it’s going to open the opportunities for multiple NATO European countries as well as countries in the Pacific region and also the Middle East,” Lockheed Martin [LMT] Director of Business Development for MEADS Marty Coyne told Defense Daily in an interview Tuesday. Lockheed…

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