The United States Marine Corps (USMC) plans to purchase dozens of Iron Dome launchers and thousands of interceptor missiles in a deal that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the War Zone reported on Saturday citing a procurement notice of intent publicly available online.
The deal, which would see the USMC purchase some three batteries’ worth of the Iron Dome system, would be conducted with Raytheon, which has a deal with Israeli manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to distribute the system to the United States.
The prime contractor for the development and production of the Iron Dome is Rafael, who adapted the system to USMC requirements and assisted with testing support.
As part of the deal, the USMC will purchase 44 launchers and 1,840 Tamir interceptors.
Marine Corps’ Iron Dome deal has been in the works
Last year, the Jerusalem Post reported that completed a series of interception tests on an air defense system using Israel’s Tamir Interceptor.
The experiment included a series of three tests carried out over the course of several months. The system successfully intercepted a variety of targets.
