last few years, the Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate of the Department of Defense and the Directorate of Defense Research and Engineering of the Ministry of Defense of Israel have hosted a competition known as the MOSAIC Challenge for the purpose of identifying cutting-edge hardware and software solutions to address challenging and longstanding technological gaps relating to remote autonomous indoor maneuverability. (b) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States to support and encourage further defense collaboration with Israel in areas of emerging technologies that may enable the development of the warfare capabilities of the United States and Israel so as to meet emerging defense challenges, including with respect to the areas of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, directed energy, and automation. (c) United States-Israel Warfare Research and Development Fund (1) Establishment The Secretary of Defense shall establish a fund, to be known as the United States-Israel Future of Warfare Research and Development Fund (in this section referred to as the Fund ). (2) Use of funds Amounts in the Fund shall be available for the conduct of collaborative defense projects between the United States and Israel in areas of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, automation, cybersecurity, and directed energy, for the purpose of enabling the United States Armed Forces and the military forces of Israel to meet emerging defense challenges. (3) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.