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Lockheed Martin approached the British government to offer a new company to invest in the UK’s new missile defense system, to invest in the Golden Dome-rocket investment system.

Frank St. John, the United States Defense Group, said that the U.S. Defense Group decides to approach the approach to which approach of the government’s approach to the United Kingdom. Last Strategic defense opinion He stressed the importance of air defense systems, but special plans were not included.

St. John’s Financial Times said in a interview with the proposals from defensive companies interested in establishing an ambitious “Golden Dome” for the United States. The project inspired by the Israeli Delivered Short-Term Defense System is aimed at building a space-based missile shield to protect the United States against advanced missiles.

St John said Lockeed There are already opportunities such as “intervacots, places-based sensors, space-based situational consciousness” – it can give a capacity to England (initial).

He added that “added that we wanted us to work to create a team and management system that will bring together all the team and management system to coordinate it in Europe and other systems in Europe and the United States.”

UK Sources familiar with the situation confirmed that Lockeed’s leaders recently informed the defense officer who could offer the US group in terms of air defense capabilities.

However, Britain said they decided to decide to accept a similar approach to the United States with a golden dome, but the development of better integrated air and missile defense systems are in the spotlight.

The last review has just allocated £ 1 billion in the air defense – the approximate cost of the US project below.

The MOD increases our ability to increase the capacity of the “Priority Directing Priority”, “Priority Focus”, the ability to improve these threats and improvement of our encounter with our same threats.

The development of better integrated European air and missile defense systems has become a priority for governments since the start of the war in Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, recently estimated that about the fact that the threat from Russia is approximately four times more.

Lockheed Thaad and PAC-3 There are “Leo” of satellites that can lead to threats in rocket protection systems, radar systems and different intervals.

Lockheed, among a number of US defense contractors and Silicon Valley companies fight for a role in the proposed golden dome of the President Donald Trump. St. John was presented with the company’s “more than a hundred fate,” and in the talks with the beginning of silicone valley, along with the beginnings of Silicon Valley.

Separately, St. John, Lockheed said he planned to increase the partnership with European defense companies to increase the opportunities of the US group to increase the opportunities of the US group to increase the internal capabilities of the US group.

European Industry Managers said the region would direct the weapons of local players than US equipment. There are also concerns that the United States can immobilize aircraft and weapon systems, including Lockeed’s F-35 fighter planeThis was fired by the Pentagon, although he flew by numerous European Air Force.

We “produce more to Europe,” said St. John, by noting the company’s partnership to build a f-35 center fuselage with the company’s Rheinmetall.

Lockheed is established in connections with Rheinmetall along with Norwegian Kongsberg. Earlier this year, the German defense team had plans to establish large-scale missile production in Europe with Lockheed. The joint venture aims to produce long-term Atacs and Patriot PAC-3 missiles to meet European needs.

Lockeed’s European Partnership, St. John said, “He will serve us well,” said Europe looked more likely to buy more in the region.

The lock rejected the proposals that the F-35 jet will lose in Europe as a result of tension between the United States and the region. The company said, “Three or four countries that actively assess the fighter requirement of F-35S,” he said: “We have not lost anything over the years.”

Additional report by David Sheppard and Charles Clover