# Pentagon reaches $3 billion agreements to expand interceptor production

https://mins.news/en/item/12400

- TASS, 2026-08-03 14:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2168513

> The Pentagon has concluded agreements valued at $3 billion to raise production of interceptor missiles. The department said the arrangements are expected to help expand PAC-3 missile output for Patriot systems to three times its current level. Production of interceptors for THAAD systems is projected to rise fourfold. No other terms of the agreements were provided.

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