JERUSALEM — Israel and Germany have started preparations to deliver the the Arrow-3 missile shield to German forces in the coming months, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced.

According to an agency statement, officials held “a high-level coordination meeting” in Germany recently that involved Moshe Patel, chief of the Israel Missile Defense Organization, Col. Carsten Koepper, Head of the Arrow 3 Program for Germany, and Yaakov Galifat, a general manager at manufacturer Israel Aerospace Industries.

Representatives from Israeli companies ELTA and Elbit Systems along with German tech consultancy IABG and missile maker MBDA also attended, the statement added.

The Arrow-3 sale to Germany constitutes the largest defense deal in Israel’s history, amounting to $3.5 billion. The deal was

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