Israeli Cooperative Programs

Abstract

Since 1986, the United States and the State of Israel have cooperated on missile defense. Currently, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has three major projects with Israel to develop and improve their indigenous capability to defend against short and medium range ballistic missiles. These include Upper Tier Interceptors (MD20), the Arrow Weapon System (MD26) and the Short-Range Ballistic Missile Defense, also known as the David's Sling Weapon System (MD34). Within these projects MDA develops and produces weapon systems, conducts tests, and exercises interoperability between U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) and the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture. The United States and State of Israel entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on September 2016, in which `Such funding, should over a ten year period beginning in FY 2019 and ending in FY 2028, be provided at a level of $500 million per year.' These funds will be distributed between the Israeli Programs in Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) and Procurement Funds.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Source ID
0603913C_4_0400_PB_2020
Change Summary Explanation
Increase in FY 2018 from PB19 to PB20 reflects enacted congressional adjustments that increased MD20: Israeli Upper Tier by $133,139, MD26: Israeli Arrow Program by $71,459 and MD34: Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense (David's Sling Weapon System) by $63,848. Funds for the Israeli Upper Tier MD20 were incorporated into Arrow Weapon System Development MD26 as part of the MOU beginning in FY 2019.
Service Agency Name
Missile Defense Agency

Entities

Organizations

  • Missile Defense Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Battle Management
  • Cost Analysis
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Procurement
  • Product Development
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Software Development
  • Spiral Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Beds
  • United States
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.

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