US approves SkyCeptor LCI for Poland
Robin Hughes, London - IHS Jane's Missiles & Rockets
23 September 2016
Rendering of Raytheon's SkyCeptor interceptor being fired from a Patriot launcher. SkyCeptor is a US-compliant variant of the Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Stunner missile. Source: Raytheon
Key Points
Poland requested an LCI option in its original expression of interest in acquiring Patriot, and later cited the LCI in its missile inventory requirement in a formal letter of request (LoR) for the potential acquisition of up to eight Patriot batteries (16 firing units) submitted by Minister of Defence Antoni Macierewicz to the US government in early September.
Christopher King, director of Israeli Cooperative Programs for Air and Missile Defense Systems at Raytheon Missile Systems, told IHS Jane's that Raytheon had received a marketing licence from the US government on 28 July to include SkyCeptor as the low-cost interceptor (LCI) in the Patriot solution for WISLA. The licence includes a transfer of technology (ToT) authorising the co-development and production of SkyCeptor missile components in Poland by Mesko, part of the PGZ group. Raytheon signed a new letter of intent with PGZ in July 2016 providing for 50% Polish industrial workshare in its total Patriot offering.
King said that Rafael and Raytheon have agreed to partner with Polish industry to source components for SkyCeptor, and build a SkyCeptor assembly facility in Poland. King also confirmed that SkyCeptor built in Poland will be available - subject to approval by the US and Polish governments - for export under the Global Patriot mechanism.
SkyCeptor is an outcome of a number of LCI options originally proposed by Raytheon for its intended Polish Patriot configuration. John Baird, vice-president of Poland Integrated Air and Missile Defence at Raytheon Integrated Missile Defense Systems, told IHS Jane's in September 2014 that Raytheon was offering four LCI alternatives for potential co-development and production with Polish Industry: two based on Stunner configurations and two conceptual LCI options "based on other missiles that would be put together in a different way and which could be retrofitted with any Patriot system".
http://www.janes.com/article/64035/us-approves-skyceptor-lci-for-poland
Robin Hughes, London - IHS Jane's Missiles & Rockets
23 September 2016
Rendering of Raytheon's SkyCeptor interceptor being fired from a Patriot launcher. SkyCeptor is a US-compliant variant of the Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Stunner missile. Source: Raytheon
Key Points
- SkyCeptor is the US-compliant variant of the Rafael/Raytheon Stunner interceptor
- Raytheon is expected to position SkyCeptor as a secondary effector for the US Army's IFPC 2-I Block 1 requirement
Poland requested an LCI option in its original expression of interest in acquiring Patriot, and later cited the LCI in its missile inventory requirement in a formal letter of request (LoR) for the potential acquisition of up to eight Patriot batteries (16 firing units) submitted by Minister of Defence Antoni Macierewicz to the US government in early September.
Christopher King, director of Israeli Cooperative Programs for Air and Missile Defense Systems at Raytheon Missile Systems, told IHS Jane's that Raytheon had received a marketing licence from the US government on 28 July to include SkyCeptor as the low-cost interceptor (LCI) in the Patriot solution for WISLA. The licence includes a transfer of technology (ToT) authorising the co-development and production of SkyCeptor missile components in Poland by Mesko, part of the PGZ group. Raytheon signed a new letter of intent with PGZ in July 2016 providing for 50% Polish industrial workshare in its total Patriot offering.
King said that Rafael and Raytheon have agreed to partner with Polish industry to source components for SkyCeptor, and build a SkyCeptor assembly facility in Poland. King also confirmed that SkyCeptor built in Poland will be available - subject to approval by the US and Polish governments - for export under the Global Patriot mechanism.
SkyCeptor is an outcome of a number of LCI options originally proposed by Raytheon for its intended Polish Patriot configuration. John Baird, vice-president of Poland Integrated Air and Missile Defence at Raytheon Integrated Missile Defense Systems, told IHS Jane's in September 2014 that Raytheon was offering four LCI alternatives for potential co-development and production with Polish Industry: two based on Stunner configurations and two conceptual LCI options "based on other missiles that would be put together in a different way and which could be retrofitted with any Patriot system".
http://www.janes.com/article/64035/us-approves-skyceptor-lci-for-poland
