Israeli ARROW Program
Abstract
This project provides funding for Arrow Weapon System (AWS) development, to include the Arrow System Improvement Program (ASIP), the Arrow Missile Production Program (AMPP) for the co-production of Arrow Interceptors, the Israeli Test Bed (ITB) experiments to evaluate Human-In-The-Loop (HIL) battle management, and the Israeli Systems Architecture and Integration (ISA&I) studies to assess Israel`s future 2020 Missile Defense Architecture. The Arrow Weapon System provides Israel an indigenous capability to defend against short and medium range ballistic missiles. Further, Arrow also acts as a cornerstone of the Architecture Enhancement Plan which is a joint U.S.-Israeli effort to create a combined U.S.-Israeli multi-tier Missile Defense Architecture. In addition to the geo-strategic goals of the Arrow cooperative effort, the United States derives technical benefit from its participation in these projects and gains knowledge and experience of the Israeli Defense Forces operation of a multi-layered defense architecture. U.S. participation in the Arrow development effort also ensures interoperability of the Arrow and the Israeli Missile Defense System with deployed U.S. missile defense assets. The ASIP effort will enhance the performance of the AWS to defeat longer-range and more robust ballistic missile threats expected to be introduced in the Middle East in the near future. Testing of the enhanced AWS in the U.S. against longer range threats is planned for FY 2009 to verify Arrow`s improved performance and capability. Co-production will continue to increase the industrial production capacity of the Arrow II interceptor. The ITB and ISA&I efforts will continue to support AWS development as well as to define future missile defense architectures and growth paths. Finally, a new Upper Tier initiative has been started to provide Israel with additional capability against emerging regional threats. Funding for these activities is directed by annual Congressional action.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- WX26_0603881C_4_0400_PB_2011
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