Delivering comprehensive defence solutions
In a fast-evolving world, where adversaries constantly challenge national defence, you need experienced and skillful allies to rely on. A trusted partner, courageous and innovative to deliver the capabilities you need and afford. That’s IAI – Where Courage Meets Technology.
A leader in defence, aerospace, and commercial markets, IAI leverages state-of-the-art technology and decades of combat-proven experience delivering solutions to your national defence and security challenges.
Delivering large projects
IAI acts as a prime contractor, subcontractor, and team members in dozens of large programs for the aerospace, land, sea, and cyber domains and multi-domain applications.
Our Capabilities
We offer a vast portfolio producing air and missile defence, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), ground robotics, precision-guided weapons, and loitering munitions. We deliver special-mission aircraft, modernize military aircraft and helicopters, and convert passenger jets into cargo aircraft through modification, conversion, and system integration. Our technology expertise features systems and solutions from reconnaissance satellites and radars to all aspects of command, control, and communications, computing and cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems (C5ISR).
Four Groups – A Wealth of Solutions
ELTA Systems
IAI’s radar, intelligence, and electronic systems house, ELTA Systems offers a broad range of electronic systems-of-systems for air and space, land, naval, and homeland security applications. These capabilities are based on the solutions developed for C4ISR (ISTAR), Early Warning & Control (AEW&C), Electronic Surveillance (SIGINT/ELINT/COMINT) and countermeasures (C-UAS), Fire Control, Self-Protection, and Self-defence, with specific specialization in AI, Cyber, and robotics.
Systems Missiles & Space
All activities related to missile systems run under the Systems, Missiles, and Space Group. These activities include air and missile defence systems, offensive and defensive naval systems, surface-to-surface missiles, and loitering munitions. The group also oversees IAI’s space operations, including the initiation, design, development, delivering, and operations of dozens of observation and communication satellite systems, associated ground control stations, mission centers, and launchers.
Military Aircraft
Backed by decades of innovation and combat-proven experience with unmanned aerial systems (UAS), as a pioneer and world leading provider of unmanned aerial systems, IAI’s Military Aircraft Group combines state-of-the-art technology and knowhow with hands-on field experience, offering innovative UAS solutions for land-based, aerial and maritime domains, brand names that have earned worldwide reputation for excellence and reliability. Some of the group’s legacy activities are currently managed under the Aviation Group and Golan Industries.
Aviation
The Aviation Group covers the full spectrum of technologies and capabilities for the design, integration, testing, certification, manufacturing, marketing, and product support of manned and unmanned aircraft – from business jets to the conversion of passenger jets, cargo planes, aerostructure assemblies, and parts. The group also provides comprehensive maintenance services (MRO Services) for aircraft, engines, and components – including heavy maintenance, modifications, upgrades, conversions, and development programs, all with minimal downtime.
Aviation Group
Making the impossible possible
ELTA Group
Development of advanced defence and intelligence electronics, including sensors, radars, electronic warfare and communication systems.
Military Aircraft Group
Your partner for reliable, mission-proven solutions.
Systems, Missiles & Space Group
We’re shaping the future of secure, connected defence.
Quick facts about IAI
WE PROVIDE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE FOR YOU
Israel’s No.1 government-owned Aerospace & defence company
Companies globally with full aircraft development & licensing
Companies with complete space capabilities
Israel’s National Space House
Backlog of 2025
Engineers
Israel’s National Radar House

IAI vision & values
We provide the technological edge that makes the difference for you.
This vision drives us to push boundaries, explore the unknown, and deliver solutions that truly make an impact.
IAI and its innovators are committed to leading technological progress and ensuring that our partners and customers always maintain a decisive competitive advantage.
We work in partnership and transparency, believing teamwork built on trust and mutual commitment strengthens shared capabilities, drives collective success, enables integrated solutions, innovation, and more effective achievement of goals.
We are fully committed to achieving results. Each of us takes personal responsibility for meeting business and organizational goals with determination, professionalism, and calculated, value-creating decision-making.
Our mindset in every mission is proactive and positive. Challenges drive us to show resilience, creativity, and innovation while acting with agility, flexibility, determination, and personal ownership.
We are not afraid to explore new frontiers, challenge the status quo, and embrace the unknown. With integrity and learning, we take calculated risks and lead innovation.
Our deep commitment to customers is absolute. We listen closely, build strong relationships, and deliver tailor-made, system-level solutions that create shared, sustainable value and address each customer’s unique challenges.