{
 "slug": "poland-host-european-pac-3-missile-maintenance-facility-germany-netherlands-sweden-supply-chain-lockheed-martin",
 "title": "Poland to Host Europe's PAC-3 Missile Maintenance Facility — Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden Lead the Supply Chain",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/poland-host-european-pac-3-missile-maintenance-facility-germany-netherlands-sweden-supply-chain-lockheed-martin/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/poland-host-european-pac-3-missile-maintenance-facility-germany-netherlands-sweden-supply-chain-lockheed-martin/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-27T19:14:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-30T19:14:57.000+01:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrussels, 27 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * On 27 October, at the margins of NATO's Conference of National Armaments Directors in Brussels, the US Department of War said it had selected Poland, in coordination with Lockheed Martin and European allies, to host the European PAC-3 Missile Maintenance Facility, with supply-chain integration \"led by Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden\"\n * Lockheed Martin says the facility will repair, refurbish, support and recertify PAC-3 interceptors;",
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  "poland"
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  "air-missile-defence"
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 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "iamd-air-missile-defense",
  "polish-lithuanian-axis",
  "transatlantic"
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "germany",
  "lockheed-martin",
  "nato",
  "netherlands",
  "norway",
  "patriot",
  "poland",
  "rheinmetall",
  "sweden"
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