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Lockheed to Boost Patriot Output to 2,000 Annually

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  • Lockheed Martin will raise Patriot missile output to 2,000 units annually.
  • It aims to automate assembly, cutting build time from six weeks toward minutes.
  • Patriot missiles, costing about $4 million each, have been fired roughly 1,500 times in the Iran war.
  • Pentagon will purchase 10,000 low-cost cruise missiles from CoAspire and other startups.
  • Mark Cancian estimates rebuilding munition stocks to pre-war levels will take one to five years.