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雷神公司正投资1亿美元扩建其位于罗德岛州朴次茅斯的工厂，加速生产和测试两款全球需求量最大的防空系统，因为北约及全球各国政府正竞相加强针对弹道导弹、高超音速武器和日益复杂的空中威胁的防护能力。
Raytheon, an RTX business, is investing $100 million to expand its Portsmouth, Rhode Island, facility, accelerating production and testing of two of the most in-demand air defense systems in the world as governments across NATO and beyond race to bolster protection against ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, and increasingly sophisticated aerial threats.
这笔6月8日宣布的投资将扩建朴次茅斯园区，以增加“低层防空反导传感器”（LTAMDS）测试能力，并提升“爱国者”GEM-T导弹子部组件产量。此前8个月，雷神公司已在马萨诸塞州安多弗雷达生产设施破土动工，进行5,300万美元扩建，使公司近期两地总投资额超1.5亿美元。这两次扩建共同反映出雷神公司正应对巨大需求压力，因“爱国者”系统及相关技术正处于全球防空采购决策核心。
The investment, announced June 8, will expand the Portsmouth campus to increase testing capacity for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, known as LTAMDS, and boost production of Patriot GEM-T missile subcomponents. The announcement follows a $53 million expansion Raytheon broke ground on eight months earlier at its Radar Production Facility in Andover, Massachusetts, bringing the company’s combined recent facility investment across two sites to more than $150 million. Together, the two expansions reflect the scale of demand pressure Raytheon is managing as the Patriot system and its associated technologies find themselves at the center of global air defense procurement decisions.
雷神公司将扩建其位于罗德岛州朴次茅斯的工厂
LTAMDS专为取代目前“爱国者”导弹连所用老旧AN/MPQ-65雷达而设计，该防空系统负责发射拦截弹。旧款雷达使用单个固定阵列，仅能在一个主要方向提供覆盖；LTAMDS则使用围绕单元布置的多个阵列，可同时提供360度全方位覆盖，消除对手在现有“爱国者”配置中能够利用的盲区。该系统专为追踪并拦截高超音速武器而设计，此类威胁飞行速度超5马赫，且遵循旧式雷达架构设计时未考虑的不可预测飞行路径。雷神公司表示，LTAMDS最近完成第九次成功飞行测试，利用多个阵列追踪并拦截模拟高超音速目标靶机，这一里程碑推动该项目向美陆军及国际客户部署。雷神公司目前拥有为美陆军和波兰生产多部LTAMDS雷达的合同。波兰是全球“爱国者”系统最大买家之一，华沙正建设北约最强大的陆基防空网络之一。
LTAMDS is the radar designed to replace the aging AN/MPQ-65 radar currently used in Patriot batteries, the air defense system that fires the interceptor missiles. Where the legacy radar uses a single fixed array that provides coverage in one primary direction, LTAMDS uses multiple arrays arranged around the unit to provide full 360-degree coverage simultaneously, eliminating the blind spots that adversaries have been able to exploit in existing Patriot configurations. The system is specifically designed to track and engage hypersonic weapons, a category of threat that travels at speeds exceeding Mach 5 and follows unpredictable flight paths that earlier radar architectures were not designed to handle. Raytheon says LTAMDS recently completed its ninth successful flight test, using its multiple arrays to track and intercept a surrogate hypersonic target, a milestone that advances the program toward fielding with the U.S. Army and international customers. Raytheon is currently under contract for multiple LTAMDS radars for the U.S. Army and Poland, one of the largest buyers of Patriot systems globally as Warsaw builds one of NATO’s most substantial ground-based air defense networks.
“爱国者”先进能力-2型制导增强导弹-战术型（GEM-T）是“爱国者”系统拦截弹之一，旨在交战包括战术弹道导弹在内的空中威胁。GEM-T是自1990年代初服役的PAC-2导弹家族演变型号，经改进配备增强制导软件及导引头，使其对新型威胁类别的有效性得到扩展。“爱国者”系统在乌克兰用于抵御俄罗斯导弹袭击（含弹道导弹威胁）后，知名度再次提升。这种实战验证激发多个一直在评估防空选项国家的采购兴趣，给雷神公司生产线带来巨大需求压力。
The Patriot Advanced Capability-2 Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical, or GEM-T, is one of the Patriot system’s interceptors and is designed to engage airborne threats, including tactical ballistic missiles. The GEM-T is an evolution of the PAC-2 missile family that has been in service since the early 1990s, modified with enhanced guidance software and seeker improvements that extend its effectiveness against newer threat categories. Patriot systems gained renewed prominence after their use in Ukraine against Russian missile attacks, including ballistic missile threats. That combat validation has driven procurement interest across multiple countries that had been evaluating their air defense options, and the resulting demand on Raytheon’s production lines has been significant.
雷神公司陆基和防空系统总裁汤姆·拉利伯特表示：“这项投资增强我们向全球客户交付关键防空能力的实力。在朴次茅斯扩建使我们能够扩大生产规模，推进LTAMDS测试，并确保美陆军及国际合作伙伴尽快收到这些系统。”
“This investment strengthens our ability to deliver critical air and missile defense capabilities to customers around the world,” said Tom Laliberty, president of Land and Air Defense Systems at Raytheon. “Expanding in Portsmouth allows us to scale production, advance LTAMDS testing, and ensure the U.S. Army and our international partners receive these systems as quickly as possible.”
朴次茅斯工厂成为雷神公司罗德岛业务版图一部分已有60多年历史，目前雇佣850多人，业务涵盖水下技术、战斗系统及雷达。这笔1亿美元扩建投资将增加劳动力和物理容量，尽管雷神公司尚未披露具体就业预测或详细施工完成时间表。该园区位于罗德岛国防工业生态系统内，该生态系统历史上一直支持包括潜艇系统在内的海军项目，因该州靠近纽波特海军基地及纽波特海军水下战中心。
The Portsmouth facility has been part of Raytheon’s Rhode Island footprint for more than 60 years and currently employs more than 850 people across programs covering undersea technology, combat systems, and radars. The $100 million expansion will add to that workforce and physical capacity, though Raytheon has not disclosed specific employment projections or a detailed timeline for construction completion. The campus sits within a broader Rhode Island defense industrial ecosystem that has historically supported naval programs including submarine systems given the state’s proximity to Naval Station Newport and Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport.
朴次茅斯和安多弗扩建项目的更广泛背景是，国防工业基地承受持续压力，需以超出现有产能的速度生产防空系统。“爱国者”导弹连已通过美国对外军事援助计划转让给乌克兰及其他伙伴，这消耗美陆军库存并产生补充需求，叠加盟国新增采购订单。德国、荷兰、瑞典、罗马尼亚和希腊是众多运营“爱国者”系统并寻求升级或额外导弹连的欧洲北约成员国；而沙特阿拉伯、日本、韩国等国家和地区则维持庞大“爱国者”机队，需要持续供应导弹和组件。波兰在其“维斯瓦”（Wisła）计划下采购额外“爱国者”能力是近期最重要合同之一，而波兰LTAMDS合同特别定位该国将在建设综合防空架构时接收该雷达最先进版本。
The broader context for both the Portsmouth and Andover expansions is a defense industrial base under sustained pressure to produce air defense systems faster than its existing capacity allows. Patriot batteries have been transferred to Ukraine and other partners under U.S. foreign military assistance programs, drawing down U.S. Army stockpiles and creating replenishment demand that sits on top of new procurement orders from allied nations. Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Romania, and Greece are among the European NATO members that operate Patriot systems and are seeking upgrades or additional batteries, while countries including Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Korea maintain substantial Patriot fleets requiring ongoing missile and component supply. Poland’s procurement of additional Patriot capacity under its Wisła program has been among the most significant recent contracts, and the LTAMDS contract for Poland specifically positions that country to receive the most capable version of the radar as it builds out its integrated air defense architecture.
