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Israel
Aircraft Industries And Boeing Sign Agreement On Arrow Missile
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Boeing
helps Israel increasing its security!
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TEL AVIV, Jan. 21 (News Agencies)- The Boeing Company and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) signed a strategic teaming agreement this evening that will lead to Boeing manufacturing components of the IAI developed Arrow missile, news agencies reported.
The Arrow missile is part of the full Arrow anti-ballistic missile system -- the world’s only operational anti-ballistic missile system.
The Israeli government received permission from the U. S. government to allow IAI to negotiate with American firms with the goal of finding an American company to help increase the production rate of Arrow components because of the need to deploy more Arrow missiles in an accelerated manner.
Boeing will be responsible for production of approximately 50 per cent of the Arrow missile components in the United States. IAI, the prime contractor of the Arrow system, will be responsible for integration and final assembly of the Arrow missile in Israel.
Moshe Keret, President and CEO of Israel Aircraft Industries and James Evatt, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Boeing’s Missile Defense Systems signed the agreement at IAI`s Headquarters, Ben-Gurion International Airport, Israel.
"I am very pleased to have concluded this agreement with Boeing which we see as an extension of an existing commitment between the two companies to cooperate in as many areas as possible," Keret said. "Arrow was developed by IAI in response to the threat facing Israel from ballistic missiles, and having Boeing as our partner will help speed up the delivery of the Arrows missile that we urgently need for the security of the State of Israel."
In order for Boeing to begin implementation of the Arrow component production agreement, an approved United States State Department - Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA) is required. Boeing submitted the TAA to the State Department January 17.
Following TAA approval, Boeing will begin to establish the capability to produce the various Arrow missile components. In addition, Boeing will coordinate the production of Arrow missile components already being manufactured in the United States.
During the phase of the Arrow program preceding the signing of this agreement, more than 150 American firms located in over 25 states were already manufacturing Arrow components, which were assembled at IAI. Delivery of the first Boeing Arrow components is scheduled to take place approximately 20 months following receipt of a production order.
Meanwhile, Israel has asked the U.S. administration Sunday, January 20, to pass a serious warning to the Palestinian Authority (PA) against the use of the "Qasem 2," the rocket developed by Hamas which has a range of eight kilometers and has been displayed east of Nablus, the Israeli Ha'artz daily newspaper said.
Over the last 16 months, Israeli occupation troops have repeatedly taken control of neighborhoods in several Palestinian cities, but a raid Monday, January 21, on the Palestinian city of Tulkarem seems to be the strongest since the Palestinian Intifada began in September 2000.
In a further Israeli atrocity, Israeli warplanes destroyed Friday, January 18, Al-Sharif's headquarters in Tulkarem. The occupation army tightened its blockade of Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, drawing angry reactions from Palestinians, who took to the streets Sunday in protest.
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