WASHINGTON — Executives at Israel Aerospace Industries are awaiting news on the U.S. Golden Dome missile shield architecture, hoping that defense leaders here will consider the company’s Arrow interceptor technology for two layers of the project, according to IAI chief executive Boaz Levy.

The hopes extend beyond the land-based capabilities of the currently fielded Arrow-3, which could be employed roughly as-is, Levy told Defense News in an interview at the Association of the United States Army annual conference in Washington earlier this month.

With some “adaptation,” the Israeli system could also be made to meet the requirements of a series of so-called kill vehicles orbiting Earth in space, ready to pounce on ballistic missiles during the boost phase of their flight, Levy said.

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