Iron Dome
Abstract
The Iron Dome defense system was built by Rafael Advanced Systems and funded by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMoD). Iron Dome was declared operational and initially deployed in March 2011 and successfully intercepted a Grad rocket launched from Gaza in April 2011. In FY 2014, $15 million was provided for non-recurring engineering costs in connection with the establishment of a capacity for co-production in the United States by industry of the United States of parts and components for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program. The U.S. signed a co-production agreement in March 2014 to develop Iron Dome parts for Israel. FY 2014 and FY 2015 procurement funds for U.S. based co-production of parts and components by U.S. industry will be implemented in accordance with the March 2014 International Agreement. In 2011, the United States of America provided $203 million in procurement funds to spur the production and deployment of additional Iron Dome Batteries. In addition to the initial procurement funding, $70 million was provided in 2012, $194 million was provided in 2013, and $445 million was provided in 2014, which included $225 million provided as a result of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Resolution to address emergent operations in support of Operation Protective Edge.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- MD83_0603913C_4_0400_PB_2016