Boeing Expects Sharp Increase in Patriot Seeker Deliveries

Boeing Co. expects to triple deliveries of seekers that guide Patriot missiles amid high demand for the air-defense system.

The company has built a 40,000-square-foot facility to help increase production, Steve Parker, the head of Boeing Defense, Space and Security, said Monday at the Dubai Airshow.

“We saw a demand coming well before the customer talked to us about it,” Parker said. “We’re going to be asked to stretch and we’re going to be ready.”

Air and missile defense systems are viewed as being crucial to many countries’ defense efforts, especially in Europe, with the looming threat of ...