
Air defence missiles
This is what the ledger can account for. Where no figure has been published for a producing country, only the plants and producers a source has named are counted, so the real total is higher.
: 1,900 missiles per year by Sep 2027
Each country the item is made in, broken down into the producers and plants a source has named. A plant’s figure is part of its country’s, never added to it.
| Scope | Producer | Output / mo | Capacity / mo | Updated | Evidence and chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | Updated Apr 2026 | |||
| Raytheon | Raytheon | — | — | Updated Apr 2026 |
Every published figure for one line. The band is the range a source gave; hollow points are estimates; dashed is a target or forecast; grey points were corrected later.
| Date | Value | Range | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb 2033 | 158 | — | Target |
Each announced target or forecast, next to what was reported once its date arrived.
Output target · United States · Raytheon
≥ 1,900 missiles per year by Feb 2033
No comparable figure published yet
Capacity forecast · United States · Raytheon
1,900 missiles per year by Sep 2027
No comparable figure published yet
Every published figure that stands, with the sentence each one rests on. A figure is never edited: a correction is a new figure, and the old one is kept below.
≥ 1,900 missiles per year
by Feb 2033
“At least”, a lower bound; RTX's goal for annual production under framework agreements with the U.S. Department of War.
1,900 missiles per year
2026–2027
Maximum factory capacity for fiscal 2027, for all buyers together, per the Navy’s budget justification.
618 missiles total
2026–2027
U.S. Air Force mandatory request for fiscal 2027 under the Munitions Acceleration Council.
1,317 missiles total
2026–2027
U.S. Air Force request for fiscal 2027, discretionary and mandatory funding together.
494 missiles total
2026–2027
U.S. Navy request for fiscal 2027, as the budget justification states it.
423 missiles total
2025–2026
U.S. Air Force fiscal 2026 spend plan, discretionary and reconciliation funding together.
41 missiles total
2025–2026
U.S. Navy procurement quantity for fiscal 2026.
411 missiles total
2024–2025
U.S. Air Force procurement quantity for fiscal 2025.
155 missiles total
2024–2025
U.S. Navy procurement quantity for fiscal 2025.
Every document behind the figures on this page.
B2 means a usually reliable source making a statement that is probably true.