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US Army Engineers Find Faster Way to Keep Patriot Air Defenses Online

US Army Sgt. Tamayo Ezekiel and US Army Pfc. Colby McCormick, Army Patriot Launching Station Enhanced Operators, raise the MIM-104 Patriot launching station at Camp Growl in Queensland, Australia, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021. Image: Lance Cpl. Alyssa Chuluda/US Army

America’s Patriot air defense systems may soon be kept online faster and cheaper, thanks to US Army engineers at Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD).

To make that happen, a multidisciplinary team at TYAD reconstructed the cable connectors for the system’s Electric Power Plant III, a critical generator.

Previously, connectors were sourced internationally at $20,000 each and took more than a year to arrive, delaying readiness of the $1-million weapon system they support.

Read the full story on NextGen Defense: US Army Engineers Find Faster Way to Keep Patriot Air Defenses Online

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