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Israel and U.S. Start Developing Arrow-4 Missile Defense Interceptor

Thursday, February 18th, 2021

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Israel and U.S. Start Developing Arrow-4 Missile Defense Interceptor

Artist concept of the Arrow-4 missile interceptor being developed by Israel, the U.S. and Israel Aerospace Industries. (Image: Israel Aerospace Industries)

Israel and the U.S. are starting to develop a new Arrow-4 missile defense interceptor as a next-generation part of the Arrow Weapon System (AWS), the governments said Thursday. Development is occurring with cooperation between the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) within the Directorate of Defense Research and Development in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and primary contractor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). MDA described Arrow-4 as “the next generation of endo-exoatmospheric interceptors for the Arrow…

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