Spain Approved to Buy PATRIOT Configuration-3 System for $2.8B

The U.S. State Department has given its approval for a potential Foreign Military Sale to Spain of Patriot missile defense systems and related equipment, totaling approximately $2.8 billion.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), in accordance with U.S. law, formally notified Congress about this prospective sale.

Spain's official request includes the acquisition of four (4) PATRIOT Configuration-3+ Modernized Fire Units. These units comprise fifty-one (51) PATRIOT Advanced Capability (PAC) 3 Missile Segment Enhanced (MSE) missiles, which includes one (1) Fly-to-Buy missile. Additionally, the package consists of PATRIOT M903 launch stations, AN/MPQ-65 radar sets, AN/MSQ-132 Engagement Control Stations, Information Coordination Central (ICC) systems, Antenna Mast Groups, Electrical Power Plants, Energy Power Units, and various other related logistical and program support elements.

The prime contractors for Patriot launcher's newest variant will be Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.

The 73rd Anti-air Artillery Regiment in Cartagena, Murcia, exclusively operates PATRIOT systems. They are also equipped with Skyguard-Aspide and NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems, along with MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile systems in Valencia.