The Defense Ministry on Thursday night announced that the US had approved its sale of the David’s Sling medium-range missile defense system to Finland for €316 million.
Calling the deal “historic,” the ministry said that it, and the quasi-private sector producer Rafael, would soon hold a signing ceremony.
A statement from the ministry said that the US State Department had just recently notified Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Director-General Eyal Zamir, and Director of the (MAFAT) DDR&D Division Danny Gold, of the approval.
Negotiations for the approval were led by the director of DDR&D’s Israel Missile Defense Organization, Moshe Patel.
The US approval was needed as its missile defense organization and the American Raytheon defense firm were joint partners in developing David’s Sling.
All of those parties will work on providing Finland with the missile defense system, while engaging Finland’s local defense community in aspects of customizing the system.
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