# Project MD26 — Arrow Weapon System

**Program element:** 0603913C — Israeli Cooperative Programs  
**Project:** MD26  
**Component:** Defense-Wide  
**Appropriation:** 0400 — RDT&E, Defense-Wide  
**Budget Activity:** 4 — Advanced Component Development & Prototypes  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603913C/MD26  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603913C

## Summary

Project MD26 — Arrow Weapon System requests $173.0M in FY2027, 58% of the $300.0M requested for program element 0603913C, up 0.0% on FY2026. 3 R-2A activities decompose the request. ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD is the largest named R-3 performer at $3.5M, 2.0% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

## Funding profile

| 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 |

> Estimate types are not summed. This project is one leaf of PE 0603913C; the PE total is the sum of its projects, never added to them.

## 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.

**R-3 lines of work:** Product Development.

## Named R-3 performers

| Performer | $M | Share of this project's FY2027 R-3 total |
|---|---|---|
| ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD | 3.5 | 2.0% |
| WALES LTD | 1.5 | 0.9% |

> Budget-justification contract funding, not obligations. Shares need not reach 100% — unnamed and government work is in the denominator.

## Activities (R-2A) — 3

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Weapon System | 167.9 | 167.9 | 167.9 | +0% | — |
| Israeli Test Bed (ITB) | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | +0% | — |
| Israeli Systems Architecture and Integration (ISA&I) | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | +0% | — |

> Activities carry the prior, current and budget year only — no five-year plan. In the request year they partition this project exactly; in earlier years they can under-cover it.

### Arrow Weapon System

**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.

## What is NOT on this page

Congressional marks, the R-2 mission description and acquisition strategy, the industry vs government split of the whole request, and related program elements are recorded at **program-element** grain — an NDAA mark lands on a PE, never on a project. They are at https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603913C.

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibits R-2/R-2A/R-3, PE 0603913C project MD26 (PB PB2027).
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_program_element(pe="0603913C")`.

*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Defense. Budget figures are requests/estimates, not obligations.*