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Using advanced radar and high-speed precision missiles, Iron Dome can detect and intercept incoming munitions like rockets and artillery. We're sending two to Israel.

The 11-month lease of US Army Iron Domes to Israel could be extended “depending on factors on the ground," Army acquisition head Doug Bush said today.

The Biden administration announced that it was handing back two Iron Dome air-defense batteries to Israel as part of a larger flow of military aid to the region

A joint venture between RTX's Raytheon business and Israel-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will make a $33 million investment to establish a facility in East Camden, Arkansas, to manufacture the Tamir missile for the Iron Dome weapon system and the U.S. version of the missile, dubbed SkyHunter. The Raytheon-Rafael Area Protection Systems JV will break ground on the manufacturing facility before the end of 2023 and plans to kick off missile production in 2025, RTX said Thursday.

The joint venture plans to break ground on the new facility before the end of the year and start producing missiles in 2025.

Additional Iron Dome systems could prove invaluable to Israel as the country looks to counter mass rocket attacks from multiple vectors.

The US Marine Corps is close to acquiring the Iron Dome missile system

The Marines are purchasing Iron Dome systems to help defend against ever increasing threats posed by cruise missiles and drones.

The Marines are purchasing Iron Dome systems to help defend against ever increasing threats posed by cruise missiles and drones.

All the tweaks, tests and training have been completed for the new American mobile Iron Dome system A year ago, the US Marine Corps successfully tested Israel’s Iron Dome Tamir missiles as part of its mobile MRIC (Medium-Range Intercept Capabili