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 "title": "Trump Tells Zelenskyy Ukraine Will Get a Licence to Build Patriot Interceptors — Before Telling Lockheed Martin or RTX",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/trump-ukraine-patriot-interceptor-production-licence-zelenskyy-ankara/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/trump-ukraine-patriot-interceptor-production-licence-zelenskyy-ankara/",
 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-07-08T17:07:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T17:43:20.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnkara, 8 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * On 8 July 2026, sitting beside President Zelenskyy on the Ankara summit's closing day, President Trump said the United States would grant Ukraine a licence to manufacture the Patriot interceptor: “We're going to give a license to you to make Patriots... This way you can't complain that we're not giving them enough and instead, make them yourself”\n * Asked about the manufacturers — Lockheed Martin builds the PAC-3 interceptor, RTX the system — Tr",
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