Tadiran Electronic Systems is negotiating to participate in a US project to set up a defense system against ballistic missiles.
The project is being managed by Boeing and the US administration allocated it $10.5 billion. It started against the backdrop of new missile threats against US territory from countries such as North Korea, and against its forces throughout the world, by Iraq, Libya and countries of the former Soviet Union. The agreement with Russia for the dismantling of nuclear weapons led to the destruction of strategic bombers and long range missiles, and cessation of development of new means, and the US suffers from a shortage of responses to new threats.
Tadiran is negotiating with Boeing for the supply of systems originally developed for the "Arrow" program. The system has no equivalent in the US. It has a system that simulates the missiles threat environment, the performance of the defense system and defence missiles.
Control and command in battle conditions can be examined by means of the simulation system, which provides practical experience in conditions equal to the real environment. The facility includes virtual radar interception systems, and sensors and models of environmental factors, such as clouds and sunshine.
Tadiran Electronic Systems general manager Shuel Kidron told "Globes" that negotiations are also taking place with the Congressional committee on the defense project. "We are aware that the US does not possess an equivalent system," Kadron said, "and we decided that, instead of competing with giants Boeing and Raythorn, which are heading the project, offering them the system would be preferable.
"Israel cannot sell parts of the "Arrow" project to foreign countries without US approval, but I anticipate that integrating the simulation system into the US national project will enable its sale in the future to other countries facing the fear of missiles." In this context, Japan and Britain were mentioned.
Published by Israel's Business Arena February 10, 1999