Raytheon Missiles & Defense and RAFAEL form joint venture for U.S. Iron Dome production facility

Raytheon Missiles & Defense and RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems signed a joint venture, Raytheon RAFAEL Area Protection Systems, to establish an Iron Dome Weapon System production facility in the United States. Site selection is expected by end of 2020.

“This will be the first Iron Dome all-up-round facility outside of Israel, and it will help the U.S. Department of Defense and allies across the globe obtain the system for defense of their service members and critical infrastructure.”prnewswire.com

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• prnewswire.comRaytheon Missiles & Defense, RAFAEL team to establish U.S.-based Iron Dome Weapon System production facilityRaytheon TechnologiesAug 3, 2020

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