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US federal government has made no direct contract awards on USASpending.gov to 'Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' or 'Rafael USA' despite at least $1B in congressional appropriations for Iron Dome since 2022, indicating all US funding flows through Israeli Ministry of Defense procurement channels or Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs not captured in USASpending's prime award database.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":"2022-2024","source":null},{"id":62619,"text":"Rafael's 2017 SEC filing (the one that broke the gap) likely corresponds to a new debt issuance or ADR facility registration for Rafael USA's financing activities, not a response to M&A pressure — the company continued to report to the Israeli Securities Authority throughout this period.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":"2017-06-15","source":null},{"id":11111,"text":"Rafael's filing pattern disruption coincides with the Federal Acquisition Regulation changes affecting foreign defense contractors' 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