Year: 2018

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced that it has received lately several inquiries for B747-400 conversion program. IAI see this opportunities as an answer to a global need in the air freight market for a high volume freighter capacity which coincides with the low prices of fuel and no reasonable availability of parked aircraft in the … Read more

First Israeli lunar spacecraft set to land on moon Feb. 13, 2019, making Israel fourth country to do so YEHUD, Israel, July 10 – At a historic press conference today at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)’s Space division in Yehud, Israel, nonprofit SpaceIL and IAI announced a lunar mission to launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., this December, … Read more

The board of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), chaired by Harel Locker, approved this evening unanimously the recommendation of IAI’s search committee and has named Major-General (Res.) Nimrod Sheffer, IAI’s Executive VP of Strategy and R&D, as IAI’s new CEO. Sheffer will replace Mr. Joseph Weiss, who is stepping down after reaching the statutory retirement age. … Read more

The Cyber Division of Israel Aerospace Industries hosted a think tank of experts and thought leaders as part of the European Union Horizon 2020 DOGANA R&D Program. The DOGANA Program addresses the social engineering challenge within social media by developing a framework that delivers “aDvanced sOcial enGineering And vulNerability Assessment”. The underlying premise of DOGANA … Read more

The nine-year agreement could expand to include additional systems Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed an agreement with Airbus to lease Heron TP Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) to Germany’s Federal Ministry of Defence. Under the $600 million deal, Airbus DS Airborne Solutions GmbH will serve as the prime contractor responsible for … Read more

IAI-ELTA Systems was recently awarded a prestigious contract for the modernization and upgrade of a national level ground based SIGINT and EW system for a European customer. The contract is valued in excess of 150M$, and includes numerous fixed sites and mobile systems, which will be based on ELTA’s advanced ELI-6063 integrated SIGINT and electronic … Read more

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveiled the ELM-2138M Air defence (AD) radar at the Eurosatory exhibition today. Featuring four full AESA staring panels for 360 degrees azimuth coverage, and on-the-move surveillance capabilities, the radar is positioned to become a game-changer for tactical air-defence and force protection roles. First contract of 5 ELM-2138M AD radars was recently … Read more

IAI and IMI have unveiled a unique co-development: Rampage, a supersonic, long-range, accurate air-ground assault rocket, which destroys high-quality targets. Israeli Military Industries Systems (IMI Systems) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), unveiled a long-range assault missile, which was developed jointly by Israel’s two leading, specialized defence industries. The Rampage offers a unique combination of the … Read more

New System Provides the Ultimate Solution with advanced capabilities for the field operational Needs and Without Risking Human Lives Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a hybrid ground and air robotic system for border patrol, reconnaissance and surveillance defence system, which combines land and aerial capabilities. As a complete system solution customized to operational needs, … Read more

The board of directors of ELTA, subsidiary and division of Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI), which is headed by CEO Joseph Weiss, approved the nomination of Yoav Turgeman to ELTA CEO and IAI EVP. Turgeman has been serving in managerial positions at IAI for the past 11 years, the most recent one as general manager of … Read more