It began in low voices behind closed doors but some days ago the battle for US military aid turned to open war. The first skirmish is being fought over the Israeli Air Force's (IAF) advanced aerial refueling aircraft meant to replace its aging converted Boeing 707s.
After years of subsidizing the Israeli defense industry, the US is now insisting Tel Aviv spend all the military aid it gets from America on American companies. The Israeli government and hundreds of Israeli companies are scrambling to adjust, with one estimate predicting 20,000 layoffs.
Lightning Surge exercises are turning soldier feedback on NGC2 into operational software changes in days, not years.