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SEA AIR SPACE 2025 — General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems said today it signed a memorandum of understanding with Israeli defense contractor Rafael to manufacture a new long-range, precision-guided strike missile in the United States.
The missile, dubbed Bullseye, will be capable of launching from air, ground or sea and will leverage the design used for Rafael’s Ice Breaker missile.
“We are excited to work with Rafael to introduce Bullseye, a highly effective deep-strike missile. Bullseye will be built in the U.S. for delivery to U.S. military customers to support a variety of critical Department of Defense and coalition partners’ precision-fires missions,“ said Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS. “By leveraging Rafael’s extensive investment in the design, maturation and testing of a unique, modular missile, we can reduce risk and development costs and provide production-scale delivery of a highly capable, high-performance precision-guided missile at significant per-unit cost-savings.”
Bullseye, which is not currently being purchased by the Pentagon, is at technology readiness level (TRL) 8. TRL is a system the Defense Department uses to rate how immature or advanced a technology is, with one indicating the tech is largely theoretical while a 10 means it is fully operational and has been proven in real-world scenarios.
