GM Mobilizes Factories to Triple Patriot Missile Output by 2030
The critical supply shortage and unsustainable $4 million cost of a Patriot missile to intercept a $35,000 drone drives Lockheed Martin and General Motors to triple annual Patriot production from 650 to 2,000 units by 2030, leveraging GM's car factories.
“We see this 114x cost disparity for a single intercept as a critical operational gap where industrial engineering principles are essential to rapidly scale production and optimize resource allocation, directly impacting national defense P&L.”
The critical supply shortage and unsustainable $4 million cost of a Patriot missile to intercept a $35,000 drone drives Lockheed Martin and General Motors to triple annual Patriot production from 650 to 2,000 units by 2030, leveraging GM's car factories.
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"We were spending $4 million for each Patriot missile to shoot down a $35,000 drone."
— General Motors Is Now Making Missiles
Key Takeaways
- 01Patriot missile production must triple from 650 to 2,000 units annually by 2030.
- 02The cost disparity is $4 million for a Patriot missile versus a $35,000 drone.
- 03Lockheed Martin and General Motors are collaborating on missile production.
- 04GM's car factories are being repurposed for this urgent scale-up.
- 05A critical supply shortage of Patriot missiles is driving this production increase.
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