:

State Department OKs Potential $15 Billion Deal With Poland For IBCS-Enabled Patriot Equipment

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, June 28th, 2023

SHARE:

State Department OKs Potential $15 Billion Deal With Poland For IBCS-Enabled Patriot Equipment

IBCS equipment for Poland at Northrop Grumman's manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

The State Department has approved a potential $15 billion deal with Poland for additional Patriot air defense system equipment to integrate with the new Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) built by Northrop Grumman [NOC]. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCS) notified Congress on Wednesday of the new foreign military sale for RTX’s [RTX] Patriot battery equipment. Under the deal, Poland will receive 48 Patriot M903 launch stations, up to 644 Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built PAC-3 MSE interceptor…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]