Sec. 1655. Israeli cooperative missile defense program codevelopment and potential coproduction
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Except as otherwise provided in this section, of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for Procurement, Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense Agency, $150,000,000 may be provided to the Government of Israel to procure the David’s Sling Weapon System and $15,000,000 for the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Interceptor Program, including for co-production of parts and components in the United States by United States industry. Following successful completion of milestones and production readiness reviews in the research, development, and technology agreements for the David’s Sling Weapon System and the Arrow 3 Upper Tier Development Program, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency may disburse amounts available pursuant to subsection
(a)on the basis of a one-for-one cash match with such funds provided by the Government of Israel, or in amounts that otherwise meet best efforts (as mutually agreed by the United States and Israel), on or after the date that is 90 days after the date the Director and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that the United States has entered into a bilateral agreement with the Government of Israel that accomplishes the following: Establishes the terms of co-production of parts and components of the respective systems— on the basis of what will minimize non-recurring engineering and facilitization expenses; and that ensures that, in the case of co-production for the David's Sling Weapon System, not less than half of such co-production is carried out by United States persons. Establishes complete transparency on the Israeli requirement for the number of interceptors and batteries of the respective systems that will be procured. Allows the Director of the Missile Defense Agency and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics to establish technical milestones for co-production and procurement of the respective systems. Establishes joint approval processes for third party sales of such systems.