Lawmakers Quarrel over Effort to Boost Defense Tech Integration Between US and Israel
The measure would require a Pentagon coordinator and expand joint research, testing and industrial cooperation across cyber, machine learning and missile defense.
- The House Armed Services Committee's draft fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act includes Section 224, the "United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative," which would expand bilateral military research, development, and industrial integration.
- This proposal marks a strategic shift from traditional military assistance, moving beyond the current 10-year memorandum of understanding providing $3.3 billion annually toward deeper structural intertwining of defense-industrial sectors.
- Ben Freeman of the Quincy Institute warned that vague terms like "data fusion" and "network integration" could intertwine military sectors at unprecedented levels, calling the potential for Israeli-linked manufacturing "the real Trojan horse."
- Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna have vowed to strip the provision from the bill, with Massie stating he will offer an amendment on the House floor if Section 224 advances from committee.
- House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers defended the measure on Tuesday, stating it "simply adds transparency and improves efficiency," ahead of Thursday's committee debate on the full bill.
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