Air defence missiles
SM-3 (Standard Missile)
- 3 missiles / mo
- —
- Producing countries
- 1
- Last figure
- Stale · Mar 2023
Production by scope
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 3 | — | Stale · Mar 2023 | ||
| Raytheon | Raytheon | 3 | — | Stale · Mar 2023 |
History
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.
The figures in this chart
| Date | Value | Range | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct 2025 | 3 | — | Reported |
Promises vs delivery
Each announced target or forecast, next to what was reported once its date arrived.
No dated targets or forecasts are recorded for this item.
Figures and evidence
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.
United States 3
missiles / mo 1
figure
Raytheon
3 missiles per month
stated Mar 2023
Output ReportedCarried over from the previous tracker. The source is linked; its exact quote is not on file yet.
- A Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System: United States Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request 1 Mar 2023
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Across the item
≤ 78 missiles total
2026–2027
Order target ordered by United States Official high“Up to”: Missile Defense Agency Block IB request for fiscal 2027, mandatory funding, as an upper bound.
- A2 Missile Defense Agency Department of War Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Estimates, Missile Defense Agency, Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 2b of 2: Procurement, Defense-Wide (Includes O&M and MILCON) p. 134 1 Apr 2026Quote checked against the document
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22 missiles total
2026–2027
Order target ordered by United States Official highMissile Defense Agency Block IIA request for fiscal 2027, discretionary funding.
- A2 Missile Defense Agency Department of War Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Estimates, Missile Defense Agency, Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 2b of 2: Procurement, Defense-Wide (Includes O&M and MILCON) p. 164 1 Apr 2026Quote checked against the document
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≤ 114 missiles total
2026–2027
Order target ordered by United States Official high“Up to”: Missile Defense Agency Block IIA request for fiscal 2027, mandatory funding, as an upper bound.
- A2 Missile Defense Agency Department of War Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Estimates, Missile Defense Agency, Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 2b of 2: Procurement, Defense-Wide (Includes O&M and MILCON) p. 164 1 Apr 2026Quote checked against the document
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≤ 26 missiles total
2025–2026
Order ordered by United States Official high“Up to”: Missile Defense Agency Block IB spend plan for fiscal 2026, as an upper bound.
- A2 Missile Defense Agency Department of War Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Estimates, Missile Defense Agency, Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 2b of 2: Procurement, Defense-Wide (Includes O&M and MILCON) p. 134 1 Apr 2026Quote checked against the document
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12 missiles total
2025–2026
Order ordered by United States Official highMissile Defense Agency Block IIA procurement quantity for fiscal 2026.
- A2 Missile Defense Agency Department of War Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Estimates, Missile Defense Agency, Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 2b of 2: Procurement, Defense-Wide (Includes O&M and MILCON) p. 163 1 Apr 2026Quote checked against the document
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427 missiles total
stated Apr 2026
Delivery to United States Official highDelivered to the Missile Defense Agency to date from its earlier Block IB buys; excludes foreign sales.
- A2 Missile Defense Agency Department of War Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Estimates, Missile Defense Agency, Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 2b of 2: Procurement, Defense-Wide (Includes O&M and MILCON) p. 139 1 Apr 2026Quote checked against the document
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20 missiles total
stated Apr 2026
Delivery to United States Official highBlock IIA delivered to the Missile Defense Agency to date from its earlier Aegis BMD buys; excludes foreign sales.
- A2 Missile Defense Agency Department of War Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Estimates, Missile Defense Agency, Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 2b of 2: Procurement, Defense-Wide (Includes O&M and MILCON) p. 146 1 Apr 2026Quote checked against the document
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29 missiles total
2024–2025
Order ordered by United States Official highMissile Defense Agency Block IB procurement quantity for fiscal 2025, base and supplemental funding together.
- A2 Missile Defense Agency Department of War Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Estimates, Missile Defense Agency, Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 2b of 2: Procurement, Defense-Wide (Includes O&M and MILCON) p. 133 1 Apr 2026Quote checked against the document
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4 missiles total
by Sep 2025
Delivery to United States Official highAccepted by the Missile Defense Agency from its fiscal 2019 Block IIA buy before 1 October 2025.
- A2 Missile Defense Agency Department of War Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Estimates, Missile Defense Agency, Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 2b of 2: Procurement, Defense-Wide (Includes O&M and MILCON) p. 149 1 Apr 2026Quote checked against the document
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12 missiles total
2024–2025
Order ordered by United States Official highMissile Defense Agency Block IIA procurement quantity for fiscal 2025.
- A2 Missile Defense Agency Department of War Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Estimates, Missile Defense Agency, Defense-Wide Justification Book Volume 2b of 2: Procurement, Defense-Wide (Includes O&M and MILCON) p. 163 1 Apr 2026Quote checked against the document
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27 missiles total
2023–2024
Order target ordered by United States Reported highProcurement quantity for U.S. fiscal year 2024, as requested in the FY 2024 President’s Budget. SM-3 Block IB only; 27 of the 39 interceptors requested.
- A2 Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System: United States Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request p. 64 1 Mar 2023Quote checked against the document
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12 missiles total
2023–2024
Order target ordered by United States Reported highProcurement quantity for U.S. fiscal year 2024, as requested in the FY 2024 President’s Budget. SM-3 Block IIA only; 12 of the 39 interceptors requested.
- A2 Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System: United States Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request p. 64 1 Mar 2023Quote checked against the document
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71 missiles total
2022–2023
Order ordered by United States Reported highProcurement quantity for U.S. fiscal year 2023, as enacted. All SM-3 blocks together.
- A2 Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System: United States Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request p. 64 1 Mar 2023Quote checked against the document
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33 missiles total
2021–2022
Delivery to United States Official highSM-3 Block IB only, delivered to the Missile Defense Agency in U.S. fiscal year 2022, including nine held over, as reported by GAO.
- B2 U.S. Government Accountability Office Missile Defense: Annual Goals Unmet for Deliveries and Testing (GAO-23-106011) p. 14 1 May 2023Quote checked against the document
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15 missiles total
2021–2022
Delivery to United States Official highSM-3 Block IIA only, delivered to the Missile Defense Agency in U.S. fiscal year 2022, including six held over, as reported by GAO.
- B2 U.S. Government Accountability Office Missile Defense: Annual Goals Unmet for Deliveries and Testing (GAO-23-106011) p. 14 1 May 2023Quote checked against the document
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Sources
Every document behind the figures on this page.
- B U.S. Government Accountability Office Missile Defense: Annual Goals Unmet for Deliveries and Testing (GAO-23-106011) 1 May 2023
- A Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System: United States Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request 1 Mar 2023
B2 means a usually reliable source making a statement that is probably true.