Lockheed Martin: delivery timelines for Patriot missiles to allies not guaranteed

American company Lockheed Martin has stated that it cannot guarantee allies of the United States specific delivery timelines for interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the Financial Times.

Brian Dunn, vice president for strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin’s missiles division, made the statement while speaking with journalists at the ILA Berlin Air Show. According to him, the company is actively working to increase production of PAC-3 missiles, but the shortage of this product has been significantly exacerbated by the war with Iran. The situation is causing concern among U.S. allies — in particular Germany, Japan, Poland, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, which use Patriot systems.

Dunn added that new production capacity “will obviously help meet the needs of many users in a shorter timeframe,” but that the final allocation of missiles is not up to the company.

“Obviously, there are a lot of statements coming from the Pentagon right now about how they plan to change the order of priority, reorganize who gets missiles first. We can’t tell anyone what place you’ll be in on the priority list. We don’t control any of that,” Dunn said.

Paula Hartley, head of Lockheed Martin’s missiles division, said that in meetings with representatives of foreign governments she is increasingly encountering skepticism toward American defense contractors.

“They are frustrated that there are sometimes delays and a lack of the products they need, and sometimes there is frustration with the government. I understand that frustration,” she said.

Earlier, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat spoke of a severe shortage of missiles for Patriot, NASAMS, and IRIS-T systems. According to him, some units have nearly exhausted their ammunition stocks, and Ukraine needs new deliveries from partners.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine has a political agreement to acquire additional Patriot systems, but that implementation of the agreement is being delayed due to financial, legal, and technical issues. Zelensky also sent an urgent letter to U.S. President Donald Trump and Congress over a critical shortage of air defense systems amid intensifying Russian strikes. In the letter, he emphasized that the lack of air defense assets poses a serious threat to the civilian population, as Ukraine does not have sufficient capability to intercept ballistic missiles.

A separate area of work has become negotiations with the United States on obtaining a license to produce Patriot systems — Ukraine intends to manufacture them jointly with partners.