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A recent mega-billion-dollar increase in the export of
Lockheed-Martin’s F-35 combat aircraft came about because the company was able
to overcome a series of pivotal glitches. This was achieved by Lockheed-Martin,
as well as by the Israeli Air Force and aerospace industries (especially the
innovative Israel Aerospace Industries — IAI). This is why Israel is sometimes
known as a cost-effective laboratory of the US defense and aerospace industries
and armed forces.
In June 2016, Israel became the first country to use the
highly-computerized F-35 operationally. Israel soon became successful in solving
initial glitches, which had caused concern among prospective buyers.
The battle-tested Israeli
laboratory — which communicates 24/7 with Lockheed-Martin (as it does with a
litany of US defense contractors) — solved most of the operational and
maintenance glitches by marshaling its intrinsic features, which have been the
derivatives of the uniquely challenging and threatening Middle East
environment.
The scores of Israeli solutions to the F-35 glitches — in the area of data gathering and processing, electronic warfare, and firing control accuracy – have been shared with the US manufacturer and the US Air Force, sustaining the F-35 superiority over its global competition; sparing Lockheed-Martin mega-billions of dollars in research and development; enhancing the manufacturer’s competitive edge; increasing exports by a few additional billions; and expanding the employment base of Lockheed-Martin and its multitude of subcontractors.
The enhanced performance of the
F-35 demonstrates Israel’s role as an important source of modernization,
reduction of the unit cost, and expanding job creation in the US.
Moreover, some 250 commercial US
high-tech giants (e.g., John Deere, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson,
Texas Instruments, Intel, General Motors, Microsoft, AT&T, IBM, Dell,
Google, Facebook, Intuit, etc.) have established research and development
centers in Israel, leveraging Israel’s brain power and innovative spirit, in
order to sustain their global lead, yielding a consequential increase in global
sales.
Similarly, the US defense and
aerospace industries established their own Israeli research and development
centers through the hundreds of US military systems, which are employed — and
systematically improved — by the Israel Defense Forces, yielding benefits to
the US economy and its defense capabilities.
The Middle East is a major junction
of world trade and energy resources, but it is also the epicenter of anti-US
Islamic terrorism, global drug trafficking, and a concern due to the rise of
ballistic and nuclear technologies, which constitutes a clear and present threat
to the US national and homeland security.
Under such circumstances, Israel is
the most reliable, battle-tested, and cost-effective ally in the region, and a
potential beachhead of the US in the face of mutual threats (Iran’s Shite
ayatollahs and Sunni Islamic terrorism).
As stated by some US officials and
analysts, Israel is the largest US aircraft carrier, which does not require a
single US military personnel on board.
Israel shares with the US more
intelligence than many countries, and Israel’s battle experience has been
shared with the US, saving American lives by serving as a basis for the
formulation of US air force and ground force battle tactics, enhancing military
medicine, as well as training US soldiers in urban warfare and facing car
bombs, suicide bombers and improvised, explosive devices (IEDs).
The mutually-beneficial
relationship between the US and Israel is a two-way-street.
The author is a commentator and
former Israeli ambassador.
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