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Raytheon Working With European Firms To Build Stingers In Netherlands, Double Production Capacity

Raytheon Working With European Firms To Build Stingers In Netherlands, Double Production Capacity
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade fire a FIM-92 Stinger during an air defense live-fire exercise alongside soldiers with the Croatian Air Defense Regiment. This training is part of Exercise Shield 22 at Kamenjak near Medulin, Croatia on April 8, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)

RTX [RTX] has said its Raytheon business is working with Diehl Defence and other European partners to establish Stinger missile manufacturing capacity in the Netherlands, with an aim to double the production output of the system.  "We are laser-focused on doubling our Stinger missile production capacity,” Tom Laliberty, Raytheon’s president of land and air defense systems, said on July 7. "Expanding Stinger production in Europe strengthens our industrial base and broadens our global network, ensuring our allies have reliable access…

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