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| US Army scraps $1b. Iron Dome project |
| 2020-03-08 |
| [TIMESOFISRAEL] The US Army said it was curbing its plans to adopt the Iron Dome missile defense system due to concerns about its compatibility with existing US technologies, scrapping its plans to buy two more batteries and explore long-term integration of the Israel-developed system. A central problem was Israel’s refusal to provide the US military with Iron Dome’s source code, hampering the Americans’ ability to integrate the system into their air defenses. Gen. Mike Murray, head of Army Futures Command, said the service identified a number of problems ‐ including cyber vulnerabilities and operational challenges ‐ during efforts last year to integrate elements of Iron Dome with the US Army’s Integrated Battle Command System. "It took us longer to acquire those [first] two batteries than we would have liked," Murray told the House Armed Service tactical air and land forces subcommittee on Thursday. "We believe we cannot integrate them into our air defense system based on some interoperability challenges, some cyber challenges and some other challenges." Last year, the Army announced plans to acquire two Iron Dome batteries to provide US forces an interim cruise missile defense capability, as well as explore full adoption of the Israeli-developed system for a program called Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-Intercept program. The Army earmarked over $1 billion for the project to pluck select Iron Dome components and integrate them with US military’s Integrated Battle Command System by 2023. |
| Posted by:Fred |
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| Posted by: Phinenter Clunk9614 2020-03-08 23:31 |
| #11 Y'know I wouldn't put it past the â” to actually spend on the infrastructure and hardware only to have Israel refuse to deliver the source code at the end. The taxpayer's only lucky they asked Israel before hammering away at the stanchion fasteners. Of course they won't share the source code. Justified precaution. I think the US needs to tap into local talent straight from the universities for innovative variations on the iron-dome principle more suited to the structural landscape of American cities. A ground-up design, with software tuned to the parameters of local policies. Maybe the the MFUs could delay firing, tracking radar could miss some bogies meant for blue districts ? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-03-08 15:37 |
| #10 ^ Another vote of distrust. What damage these bastards have done... |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-03-08 15:35 |
| #9 That was my thought as well—Hell no Israel trusting us with the code. We lose, leak or sell to the Chicoms and others at the drop of a hat and our counterintelligence function seems preoccupied with seditious conspiracy. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2020-03-08 14:44 |
| #8 I really hate to say that I wouldn't trust us, either...but after all we've seen in the vendetta against Trump...and the sure prospect that we will eventually elect very untrustworthy people again... |
| Posted by: Tom 2020-03-08 14:10 |
| #7 Ask boeing how to do it. LMAO! |
| Posted by: ranture 2020-03-08 13:11 |
| #6 Much of my consulting career was trying to solve those problems. Dude, just write some adapter classes! /waves hands magically |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-03-08 12:13 |
| #5 Damn near impossible to build integration middleware without the source code. to the former point, there is no way in hell Israel should trust us with that. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2020-03-08 11:10 |
| #4 Ditto lord garth. Much of my consulting career was trying to solve those problems. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2020-03-08 09:56 |
| #3 people so oftern underestimate the problem of integrating systems the slogan 'get the best of the breed for each component' leads to this problem |
| Posted by: lord garth 2020-03-08 09:46 |
| #2 A central problem was Israel’s refusal to provide the US military with Iron Dome’s source code, 1. I wouldn't trust us either. Show me the hammer used on so many government leakers. 2. Reverse engineer can't be that hard, but given how many H1Bs have swamped the field, its not like you've encouraged the natives to grow their own. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-03-08 08:38 |
| #1 Yea, yea, give Raytheon 10 billion dollars and in 10 years you'll (maybe) have something. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-03-08 03:30 |