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MDA, Israel Demo Raytheon-Rafael ‘David’s Sling’ Air Defense System

MDA, Israel Demo Raytheon-Rafael 'David's Sling' Air Defense System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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David-Sling-Weapon-SystemThe U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the Israel Missile Defense Organization have conducted a fourth and final interception test of the David’s Sling Weapon System built by a RaytheonRafael team.

MDA said Monday the platform launched a Stunner interceptor to engage several threat representative targets in real time during the demonstration at a test range in southern Israel.

Raytheon and Rafael developed the weapon with an Elbit Systems-made radar technology that works to locate ballistic missiles and large caliber rockets and send flight data to a battle management facility.

Engineers will analyze and use test data to further develop the platform as part of Israel’s multilayer defense array, MDA noted.

The industry team is scheduled to deliver an operational David’s Sling weapon system to the Israeli military next year.

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is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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