TokyoJapan will assemble US air-to-air missiles costing over $1 million each.
The US wants a second production node as demand rises across American and allied forces.
Raytheon targets at least 1,900 missiles a year under a contract worth up to $20.7 billion, and Japan’s plant will make a share.
The plant’s location, timeline, capacity and Japanese industrial partner remain undisclosed.
How each outlet framed it
- The War Zone
- frames the AMRAAM assembly facility as an F-35 supply and Japanese industrial-base story under Operation Supercharge
Sources: The War Zone