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NDAA Conference Report Supports U.S.-Israel Missile Defense, Data Rights Efforts

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, December 20th, 2012

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The House-Senate Conference Report on the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill supports U.S-Israeli missile defense efforts and continues support for the successful Iron Dome program that has been successfully protecting Israeli citizens from Palestinian Hamas rocket attacks. The conference said it authorizes $211 million for Israel to procure additional Iron Dome short range rocket defense systems. The report also contains a provision supporting the need for the United States to get data rights on the system for U.S.…

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