It’s official: US Army inks Iron Dome deal

[rangerrebew]

It’s official: US Army inks Iron Dome deal
By: Jen Judson   1 day ago


HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The contract to purchase two Iron Dome systems for the U.S. Army’s interim cruise missile defense capability has been finalized, according to the deputy in charge of the service’s air and missile defense modernization efforts.

Iron Dome was co-developed by American company Raytheon and Israeli defense firm Rafael. It is partly manufactured in the United States.

Now that the contract is set in stone, the Army will be able to figure out delivery schedules and details in terms of taking receipt of the systems, Daryl Youngman told Defense News at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, on Aug. 8.

https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/smd/2019/08/12/its-official-us-army-inks-iron-dome-deal/

[PeteS in CA]

There's a good chance that an enhancement to Iron Dome will be one of the results from this, benefiting both the US and Israel.

Hopefully Omar and Tlaib are birthing hissing yowling devil-kittens over this deal.