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McCaul: Lockheed should license Patriot production to Ukraine

US Representative Michael McCaul stated that it is in Lockheed Martin's best interest to allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors. This follows President Donald Trump's pledge to grant Ukraine a license for the weapons system. McCaul believes Ukraine could potentially produce these interceptors more efficiently and even improve upon them, suggesting Lockheed could learn from their manufacturing capabilities. AI

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McCaul: Lockheed should license Patriot production to Ukraine

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Christina Ruffini, David Gura, Bloomberg ·

    Ukraine building Patriots is in Lockheed’s interest, McCaul says

    Trump told Zelenskyy during a meeting at a NATO summit this week that the US will be “giving a license to you” to make Patriots.