What project MD26 buys
Israeli AWS: This system includes block upgrades to the AWS components which enhance capabilities against evolving medium-range threats by increasing the total defended area. AWS elements include the Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 missiles and launchers, Citron Tree Battle Management Center (BMC), Green Pine (GP) and Super Green Pine (SGP) radars, Lego Shield data interfaces, and Hazelnut Tree Launcher Control Centers (LCC). AWS Block 5 development incorporates a Long Range Detection Suite that consists of an Airborne Early Warning System (ABEWS) for enhanced sensor tracking, discrimination, and raid size capacity. In addition, the Sharp Eye ground-based sensor suite, the Arrow-4 interceptor and the Pine Woods Radar are being developed for integration into future AWS Blocks. The program also includes the continued development of Arrow's interoperability with U.S. Missile Defense System. The U.S. and State of Israel entered into a Memorandum of Understanding in September 2016, in which "Such funding, should over a ten-year period beginning in FY 2019 and ending in FY 2028, be provided at a level of $500 million per year." (U.S. contributions only). These funds will be distributed between the Israeli Programs in Research Development Test & Evaluation and Procurement Funds.
- Product Development
Project MD26 funding, FY2025–FY2031
Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure. Projects carry the full five-year plan; the activities inside them stop at the budget year.
| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 173.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 173.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 173.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 173.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 173.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 173.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 173.0 |
3 accomplishments / planned programs
The R-2A exhibit — the only level of the budget that describes work that has not happened yet. Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only, no five-year plan. Coverage is partial across the corpus, so count activities, never total them.
FY2027 planned work - Initiate Initial Lot Production for Arrow-4. - Incorporate Arrow-4 Launcher into Block 6.
FY2026 plans — current year - Complete Block 5.1 Development. - Continue Block 6.0 Development (Critical Design Review). - Complete Arrow-4 Interceptor and Launcher Development. - Initiate Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase of Arrow-4 production. - Continue Arrow-4 Launcher Production. - Continue new Target Development. - Continue AWS radar/optical sensor development and integration into the AWS.
The exhibit describes this work once, for project MD26 as a whole, rather than per activity. Read the project justification →
The exhibit describes this work once, for project MD26 as a whole, rather than per activity. Read the project justification →
Named performers on project MD26
Performers named in the R-3 exhibit under this project. Share is of the project's whole FY2027 R-3 total — the same denominator the program-element split uses, so the two read on one scale and will not sum to 100% when unnamed or government work is in the mix. Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations.