# Project MD34 — Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD)(David's Sling Weapon System (DSWS))

**Program element:** 0603913C — Israeli Cooperative Programs  
**Project:** MD34  
**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/MD34  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0603913C

## Summary

Project MD34 — Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD)(David's Sling Weapon System (DSWS)) requests $127.0M in FY2027, 42% of the $300.0M requested for program element 0603913C, up 0.0% on FY2026. 1 R-2A activity decomposes the request. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems LTD is the largest named R-3 performer at $127.0M, 100% of the project's FY2027 R-3 total.

**Markets:** Air & Missile Defense — matched on the project title only, and no market size is quoted.

## Funding profile

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Actual | 127.0 |
| FY2026 | Enacted | 127.0 |
| FY2027 | Request | 127.0 |
| FY2028 | Outyear | 127.0 |
| FY2029 | Outyear | 127.0 |
| FY2030 | Outyear | 127.0 |
| FY2031 | Outyear | 127.0 |

> 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 MD34 buys

Israeli SRBMD, also known as the DSWS, is designed to counter short range rockets, air breathing threats, medium caliber rockets, and theater ballistic missiles, and is integrated into the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture. The DSWS includes the Stunner Interceptor (Electro-Optical variant), a Missile Firing Unit, a Multi-Mission Radar - Next Generation (MMR-NG), a Launch Site Controller, a Ground Data Link (GDL), and the Golden Almond Battle Management Center (GA BMC). The DSWS can be deployed in a variety of configurations to support the intended mission. The DSWS Block 3 capability expands the range and threat versatility of the system by adding the All Weather Stunner Interceptor, improving the MMR-NG, upgrades to GDL and increasing the capacity of the GA BMC. The U.S. and State of Israel entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Advanced Defense Systems LTD | 127.0 | 100% |

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

## Activities (R-2A) — 1

| Activity | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Move | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRBMD Program | 127.0 | 127.0 | 127.0 | +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.

### SRBMD Program

**FY2027 planned work.** - Conduct Block 3.2 System Requirements Review. - Initiate Block 4.0 concept definition. - Continue Initial Lot Production of All-weather Stunner. - Continue Full Rate Electro-Optical Stunner production.

**FY2026 plans — current year.** - Continue Block 3.15 Development (Systems Requirements Review and Preliminary Design Review). - Initiate Initial Lot Production of All-weather Stunner. - Conduct Block 3.2 System Requirements Review.

## 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 MD34 (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.*