[Huntsville Times] Huntsville workers had a hand in building a missile that shot down a ballistic missile target in a test of Israel's national missile defense system. The operationally realistic test, conducted recently in Israel by the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, used an Arrow II interceptor missile co-produced by Boeing of Huntsville and Israel Aerospace Industries. "This successful test underscores the effectiveness of the cooperative relationship we have forged with IAI on the Arrow program and other international missile defense initiatives," said Greg Hyslop, vice president and general manager of Boeing Missile Defense Systems. Boeing's Huntsville facilities provide several Arrow II interceptor components, including part of the avionics and guidance subsystem, the nose cone, the canister assembly that houses the interceptor, electrical subsystems and motor cases.
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