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TEL AVIV Armed with marketing approval by their respective governments, a U.S.-Israeli industrial team plans to offer the Arrow weapon system to South Korea as a first, potential export of the joint ballistic-missile defense system.
Executives from Boeing and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), partners in production of the Israeli-designed Arrow-2 and planned Arrow-3 interceptors, said Boeing would lead marketing and negotiating in South Korea.
The potential deal, estimated to exceed $1 billion, would ultimately be concluded between the U.S. and South Korean governments and managed as a Pentagon Foreign Military Sale, defense and industry sources here said.
Theres still a long way to go, but we and our Israeli partners are working very persistently to be able to provide this phenomenal capability to South Korea, an important U.S. ally, Roger Krone, president of Boeing Network & Space Systems, said during a recent visit here.
Last week, Boeing and IAI announced an agreement to expand their 10-year partnership beyond joint development and production of Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 interceptors for Israels defense needs.
The Jan. 23 announcement did not name countries to be targeted by the new strategic agreement. It noted that the agreement aims to explore and develop new opportunities in the missile defense arena.
IAI President Itzhak Nissan heralded the agreement as the next logical step in our relationship with Boeing, and a strong opportunity for both companies to play a bigger role in the missile defense market.
The Arrow program demonstrates Boeings commitment to develop international missile defense partnerships around the globe, Krone said in the joint announcement.
Similarly, Greg Hyslop, vice president and general manager of Boeing Strategic Missile and Defense Systems, said the Boeing-IAI partnership has produced an innovative, versatile and affordable advanced missile defense capability.
During a visit here last month, Krone declined to speculate when the South Korean Defense Ministry would request proposals or which competitors might respond.
He also wouldnt say whether Boeing-IAI would bid the operational Arrow-2 or the smaller, less expensive, exo-atmospheric Arrow-3, now in development and scheduled for its first fly-out test later this year.
Defense and industry sources noted that South Korean military planners late last year launched a so-called assessment of alternatives that included Arrow-2, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, the Patriot PAC-3 and the Russian S-300 and S-400 systems.
South Korea bought 48 used PAC-3 launch modules, radars and missiles, including the Patriot Anti-Tactical Missile and Guidance Enhanced Missile Plus (GEM+) from Germany.
In 2009, Seouls Defense Acquisition Program Administration decided to buy two EL/M-2080 Green Pine radars the same radars supporting Israels Arrow-based national missile defense system from Elta Systems, an IAI subsidiary. Operational deployment of the radars is slated for this year.
The radars will be part of South Koreas Air and Missile Defense-Cell, a key component of the nations low-tier air and missile defense system to counter the threat posed by North Koreas low-flying, short- and intermediate-range missiles, officials said.
While Israel is pushing ahead with the sale of the Arrow, the South Korean government has made no effort to introduce a high-altitude interceptor because of fears over potential backlash from neighboring countries, including China.
And South Korea has been on track to build its own low-tier and medium-range missile defense systems. Last month, the state-funded Agency for Defense Development unveiled the Cheongung system, a medium-range surface-to-air missile system.
For the longer term, defense and industry sources here said India is a potential export market for the U.S.-Israeli AWS, given the Pentagons willingness to restart missile defense cooperation talks with New Delhi.
A potential sale or joint production of missile defense systems was an agenda item for the U.S.-Indian strategic dialogue that began in 2003, but the talks were suspended in 2008. During a visit this month to New Delhi, Robert Scher, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia, offered to revive such talks, a Pentagon spokeswoman confirmed.
We are really open to it. This is something we ask them if they are interested in, Scher was quoted as saying in a Jan. 19 report by the Press Trust of India.
Asked to clarify Schers reported remarks, Navy Cmdr. Leslie Hull-Ryde, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said, We have not discussed ballistic-missile defense cooperation since 2008 and are currently focused on a range of other higher priorities, including maritime security. However, should India express interest in restarting discussions on [ballistic missile defense], we would be prepared to discuss it.
U.S. and Israeli sources said neither the U.S. government nor Israels Ministry of Defense has approved any marketing efforts or technical discussions on potential Arrow exports to India. Nevertheless, they note that India has the need, potential funding and the favorable political standing with Washington and Tel Aviv to support such a deal.
Israeli industry sources noted that India bought the Arrows Green Pine radars in support of a two-tier, indigenous intercepting system based on the Prithvi missile. In the past decade, Israeli exports to India have accounted for nearly $2 billion annually, including radars, air-launched missiles, tank upgrades, and land- and ship-based air defense systems.
IAI, Boeing Ready Arrow For Export — to S. Korea? | Gannett Government Media | defensenews.com
Executives from Boeing and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), partners in production of the Israeli-designed Arrow-2 and planned Arrow-3 interceptors, said Boeing would lead marketing and negotiating in South Korea.
The potential deal, estimated to exceed $1 billion, would ultimately be concluded between the U.S. and South Korean governments and managed as a Pentagon Foreign Military Sale, defense and industry sources here said.
Theres still a long way to go, but we and our Israeli partners are working very persistently to be able to provide this phenomenal capability to South Korea, an important U.S. ally, Roger Krone, president of Boeing Network & Space Systems, said during a recent visit here.
Last week, Boeing and IAI announced an agreement to expand their 10-year partnership beyond joint development and production of Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 interceptors for Israels defense needs.
The Jan. 23 announcement did not name countries to be targeted by the new strategic agreement. It noted that the agreement aims to explore and develop new opportunities in the missile defense arena.
IAI President Itzhak Nissan heralded the agreement as the next logical step in our relationship with Boeing, and a strong opportunity for both companies to play a bigger role in the missile defense market.
The Arrow program demonstrates Boeings commitment to develop international missile defense partnerships around the globe, Krone said in the joint announcement.
Similarly, Greg Hyslop, vice president and general manager of Boeing Strategic Missile and Defense Systems, said the Boeing-IAI partnership has produced an innovative, versatile and affordable advanced missile defense capability.
During a visit here last month, Krone declined to speculate when the South Korean Defense Ministry would request proposals or which competitors might respond.
He also wouldnt say whether Boeing-IAI would bid the operational Arrow-2 or the smaller, less expensive, exo-atmospheric Arrow-3, now in development and scheduled for its first fly-out test later this year.
Defense and industry sources noted that South Korean military planners late last year launched a so-called assessment of alternatives that included Arrow-2, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, the Patriot PAC-3 and the Russian S-300 and S-400 systems.
South Korea bought 48 used PAC-3 launch modules, radars and missiles, including the Patriot Anti-Tactical Missile and Guidance Enhanced Missile Plus (GEM+) from Germany.
In 2009, Seouls Defense Acquisition Program Administration decided to buy two EL/M-2080 Green Pine radars the same radars supporting Israels Arrow-based national missile defense system from Elta Systems, an IAI subsidiary. Operational deployment of the radars is slated for this year.
The radars will be part of South Koreas Air and Missile Defense-Cell, a key component of the nations low-tier air and missile defense system to counter the threat posed by North Koreas low-flying, short- and intermediate-range missiles, officials said.
While Israel is pushing ahead with the sale of the Arrow, the South Korean government has made no effort to introduce a high-altitude interceptor because of fears over potential backlash from neighboring countries, including China.
And South Korea has been on track to build its own low-tier and medium-range missile defense systems. Last month, the state-funded Agency for Defense Development unveiled the Cheongung system, a medium-range surface-to-air missile system.
For the longer term, defense and industry sources here said India is a potential export market for the U.S.-Israeli AWS, given the Pentagons willingness to restart missile defense cooperation talks with New Delhi.
A potential sale or joint production of missile defense systems was an agenda item for the U.S.-Indian strategic dialogue that began in 2003, but the talks were suspended in 2008. During a visit this month to New Delhi, Robert Scher, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for South and Southeast Asia, offered to revive such talks, a Pentagon spokeswoman confirmed.
We are really open to it. This is something we ask them if they are interested in, Scher was quoted as saying in a Jan. 19 report by the Press Trust of India.
Asked to clarify Schers reported remarks, Navy Cmdr. Leslie Hull-Ryde, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said, We have not discussed ballistic-missile defense cooperation since 2008 and are currently focused on a range of other higher priorities, including maritime security. However, should India express interest in restarting discussions on [ballistic missile defense], we would be prepared to discuss it.
U.S. and Israeli sources said neither the U.S. government nor Israels Ministry of Defense has approved any marketing efforts or technical discussions on potential Arrow exports to India. Nevertheless, they note that India has the need, potential funding and the favorable political standing with Washington and Tel Aviv to support such a deal.
Israeli industry sources noted that India bought the Arrows Green Pine radars in support of a two-tier, indigenous intercepting system based on the Prithvi missile. In the past decade, Israeli exports to India have accounted for nearly $2 billion annually, including radars, air-launched missiles, tank upgrades, and land- and ship-based air defense systems.
IAI, Boeing Ready Arrow For Export — to S. Korea? | Gannett Government Media | defensenews.com
interception to eventually complete a three-tier missile defense system.
