Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) has described plans to transfer technology from the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) over to its Patriot programme, despite claims from Lockheed Martin that its offering is still very much alive.
Speaking to Digital Battlespace at IDEX in Abu Dhabi, Raytheon IDS vice president for Patriot Programs Sanjay Kapoor said the company wanted to 'harvest technology' from the MEADS programme and integrate it into the Patriot air defence mission.
The news follows the US Department of Defense's (DoD) decision on 14 February to deny the MEADS programme the additional $1 billion required for its