TEWKSBURY, Mass., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A Turkish manufacturer will co-develop a major end item for the Patriot air and missile defense system under an agreement with the Raytheon Co.
Raytheon said in a news release Aselsan will co-develop the antenna mast group for the Patriot Configuration-3 systems to be delivered to the United Arab Emirates.
"Aselsan is Raytheon's first major trans-Atlantic partner selected to co-develop a Patriot major end item," said Tom Kennedy, president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. "With its track record, technical expertise and location at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, Aselsan is ideally suited to be an international Patriot supplier and help serve our 12 partner nations that have chosen the combat-proven Patriot as a key component of their air and missile defense programs."
Aselsan, working with subcontractors throughout Turkey, Europe and the United States, will coordinate and perform the work at its Ankara facility.
Raytheon IDS is the prime contractor for both domestic and international Patriot air and missile defense systems and system integrator for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles.
