{"id":82812,"date":"2026-08-14T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/08\/14\/patriot-makers-hedge-on-ukraine-production-deal-as-officials-question-cause-of-hold-up\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:43:15","slug":"patriot-makers-hedge-on-ukraine-production-deal-as-officials-question-cause-of-hold-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2026\/08\/14\/patriot-makers-hedge-on-ukraine-production-deal-as-officials-question-cause-of-hold-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriot makers hedge on Ukraine production deal as officials question cause of hold-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KYIV, Ukraine \u2014 Though U.S. President Donald Trump<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/07\/08\/ukraine-to-get-license-for-making-patriot-interceptors-trump-pledges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"> promised Kyiv a license<\/a> to build Patriot missile interceptors last month, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have begun putting the brakes on a joint-production deal as executives weigh what is \u201cfeasible\u201d and the licensing runs into Washington\u2019s red tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American officials are backpedaling too. Trump on July 20 told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d8c42f6b-4dba-4976-a907-c7c93bca0bbd?syn-25a6b1a6=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Financial Times<\/a> that the U.S. has to be \u201ca little bit careful of who we license to.\u201d Despite that, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2086079058958282939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">posted on X<\/a> that the two sides have \u201cnow reached an agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The glacial progress may reflect American defense giants\u2019 fear that Kyiv could become a defense industry competitor \u2014 rather than posing risk to technology or intellectual property \u2014 a Republican official on Capitol Hill told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/2026\/08\/ukraine-ally-trump-patriot-missile\/688226\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">The Atlantic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTheir real worry is that the Ukrainians will find a way to improve the Patriot and then produce them at scale faster and for much less money than what the existing production lines in the U.S. could do,\u201d the official said, adding that the companies will publicly frame their concerns around \u201cIP theft and tech transfer\u201d instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s weapons industry, honed by nearly five years of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion, has been booming since the U.S.-Israel war with Iran began in the spring. The conflict with Iran has drained an estimated two-thirds of America\u2019s pre-war Patriot interceptor inventory, sparking discussion about inventory and strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some defense partners are eager to work with Ukraine, a country with rare recent experience fighting a large-scale land war, and have shown strong interest in collaborating with Kyiv to develop and field cheaper, faster-to-produce alternatives to million-dollar weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The race toward competition is problematic for the defense giants, the official said \u2014 not because Ukraine might steal the Patriot \u2014 but because the country\u2019s partners might outbuild it, cutting into the current monopoly on antiballistic capabilities and profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump first pledged the license at the July NATO summit in Ankara, promising Ukraine permission to produce Patriot missiles for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to give a license to you to make Patriots. That\u2019s pretty cool. This way, you can\u2019t complain that we\u2019re not giving \u2018em enough,\u201d Trump said, adding that the companies had not yet been consulted on the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy said the next day that the question had been \u201cresolved politically,\u201d telling reporters that technical teams needed to start work \u201cwithout delay, so that we can get licenses very quickly and start production in Ukraine as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five days after Trump\u2019s pledge, Ukraine, nine European countries and defense heavyweights including Eurosam, Leonardo, Thales and Saab launched a coalition in Paris to field<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/08\/04\/ukraines-fire-point-starts-to-integrate-european-tech-into-missile-defense-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"> Freyja, an entirely new antiballistic system<\/a> built around a Ukrainian interceptor priced at roughly one-fifth of a Patriot round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A week after that, Lockheed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/07\/20\/lockheed-martin-announces-cheaper-patriot-interceptor-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"> unveiled its own cheaper, faster-to-produce Patriot missile<\/a> at the Farnborough International Airshow, advertising the PAC-3 ACE at roughly $2 million a round \u2013 less than half the price of the round Ukraine fires at Russian ballistic missiles today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Patriot line rarely moves that fast. Its current top round, the PAC-3 MSE, was first accepted by the U.S. Army in 2015 and took until 2018 to reach full-rate production, per the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org\/defense-systems\/patriot-advanced-capability-3-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"> Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 21, one day after the ACE debut, Tim Cahill, president of Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, described production talks with Ukraine as simply \u201cearly,\u201d telling reporters the company will \u201csupport the US Army and the [Trump] administration on what they want to go do,\u201d according to<a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2026\/07\/lockheed-rtx-in-early-talks-for-ukraine-patriot-production-execs-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"> Breaking Defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raytheon\u2019s process \u201chas just started,\u201d with the company working with the U.S. government \u201cto determine what is feasible and what is best for Ukraine,\u201d its president of land and air defense systems, Tom Laliberty, said at the same show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two days later, Zelenskyy wrote in a<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2080325132048793831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"> post on X<\/a> that he was \u201cgrateful for the company\u2019s readiness to take our partnership to an even higher level, where Ukraine would co-produce, together with Raytheon, some of the most vital air defense assets \u2013 Patriot interceptors,\u201d after meeting representatives of the group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when Zelenskyy asked Trump for \u201cseveral hundred\u201d interceptors at a July 28 Oval Office meeting, the president refused, citing America\u2019s shrunken stocks, The Atlantic reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three days later, Trump reversed course on the license entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have not agreed to that,\u201d he said at a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/CSPAN_20260731_153000_POTUS_Pres._Trump_Holds_Cabinet_Meeting_at_Camp_David\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Camp David Cabinet meeting<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about it, but it\u2019s a hard thing to give away that kind of technology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, U.S. NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker dampened expectations further on Aug. 3, telling Fox News that \u201cwe do not allow anybody but US manufacturers to make those in the United States,\u201d adding that a long-term production agreement \u201cwill not be concluded before this winter,\u201d per<a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2026\/08\/04\/will-ukraine-get-the-patriot-licence-washington-sends-mixed-signals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"> Euronews<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal\u2019s current status is 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