United States or Israel (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) On February 10, 2018, Iran launched an unmanned aerial vehicle (commonly known as a drone ) from Syria that penetrated Israeli airspace. (2) Israeli officials noted that the unmanned aerial vehicle was in Israeli airspace for a minute and a half before being shot down by the Israeli air force. (3) Senior Israeli officials stated that the unmanned aerial vehicle was an advanced piece of technology. (4) It remains unclear whether the unmanned aerial vehicle was armed. Nonetheless, the launch, and sophistication of the unmanned aerial vehicle, highlight the threat Israel faces from unmanned aerial vehicles from Iranian forces active in Syria and from Hezbollah in Lebanon. (5) The United States likewise faces the threat of unmanned aerial vehicles along the United States border and in areas of active hostilities, including unmanned aerial vehicles of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria and unmanned aerial vehicles manufactured of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) joint research and development to counter unmanned aerial vehicles will serve the national security interests of the United States and Israel