The leaders of the American company Raytheon said that the lack of raw materials and key components will not allow in the coming months to increase the production of rocket ammunition, as required by the Pentagon. At the same time, US military arsenals continue to be actively devastated by the supply of weapons to Ukraine.
In its first quarter 2023 report, Raytheon Technologies management acknowledged that supply chain bottlenecks persist, with the company currently catching up with what it estimates to be a “record” military production backlog of $180 billion. of dollars.
Although we have achieved stabilization in some areas, such as electronics, we are still facing supply issues in castings, forgings, raw materials, as well as machining.
Chris Kalio, president and chief operating officer of Raytheon, explained.
Raytheon executives have previously warned that a shortage of rocket engine castings could stretch through much of 2023.
— recalled the American military publication Breaking Defense.
Now, Kalio noted that Pratt & Whitney’s smelter output “grew about 30% this quarter,” but that, he said, is still not “the output we need.” and that many other manufacturing issues persist.
Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes has made it clear that rocket engine production growth will be key to increasing production of TOW, Javelin, Stinger and Standard missiles, which in turn will help “produce substantial revenue growth “over the next two years.
writes Breaking Defense.
Rocket engine deliveries continue to be Raytheon’s biggest challenge. The main supplier – the company Aerojet Rocketdyne – is in a long process of acquisition by the military company L3Harris. This situation negatively affects the resolution of the problems of supply of its products, which constitute a key element of many platforms, “from missile interceptors to space launchers”.
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