{"id":122653,"date":"2026-07-20T07:35:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/lockheed-to-build-low-cost-patriot-interceptor-using-hit-to-kill-technology-how-it-works\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T07:35:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T07:35:44","slug":"lockheed-to-build-low-cost-patriot-interceptor-using-hit-to-kill-technology-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/lockheed-to-build-low-cost-patriot-interceptor-using-hit-to-kill-technology-how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed to build low-cost Patriot interceptor using Hit-to-Kill technology &#8211; how it works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lockheed Martin introduced a new, cheaper interceptor for the Patriot air defence system. This PAC-3 ACE missile costs less than half of current options. It aims to help allies counter growing drone and missile threats affordably. Initial production could begin within thirty-six months with industry partners. This development addresses rising global conflicts and competition from new weapon makers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lockheed Martin introduced a new, cheaper interceptor for the Patriot air defence system. This PAC-3 ACE missile costs less than half of current options. It aims to help allies counter growing drone and missile threats affordably. Initial production could begin within thirty-six months with industry partners. This development addresses rising global conflicts and competition from&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/lockheed-to-build-low-cost-patriot-interceptor-using-hit-to-kill-technology-how-it-works\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lockheed to build low-cost Patriot interceptor using Hit-to-Kill technology &#8211; how it works<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":122654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}