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Israel Aerospace Industries (Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
: ??????? ???????? ?????? ha-ta'asiya ha-avirit le-yisra'el) or IAI (??"? ta`a') is Israel's prime aerospace
Aerospace

Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding outer space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through Aircraft and Space exploration....
 and aviation
Aviation

File:Norwegian military Bell 412SP helicopters.jpgAviation refers to activities involving man-made flying devices , including the people, organizations, and regulatory bodies involved with them....
 manufacturer, producing aerial systems for both military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
 and civilian usage. It has 16,000 employees as of 2007.

In addition to local construction of fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft

A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets by dropping bombs....
, IAI also builds civil aircraft (for Gulfstream
Gulfstream Aerospace

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is a producer of several models of Jet aircraft aircraft. Gulfstream has been a unit of General Dynamics since 2001....
, on the G100/G150 and G200
Gulfstream G200

The Gulfstream G200, formerly known as the IAI Galaxy, is an Israel Aerospace Industries-manufactured twin-engine business jet, now produced for Gulfstream Aerospace....
) and performs local maintenance of foreign-built military and civilian aircraft.






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Israel Aerospace Industries (Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
: ??????? ???????? ?????? ha-ta'asiya ha-avirit le-yisra'el) or IAI (??"? ta`a') is Israel's prime aerospace
Aerospace

Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding outer space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through Aircraft and Space exploration....
 and aviation
Aviation

File:Norwegian military Bell 412SP helicopters.jpgAviation refers to activities involving man-made flying devices , including the people, organizations, and regulatory bodies involved with them....
 manufacturer, producing aerial systems for both military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
 and civilian usage. It has 16,000 employees as of 2007.

In addition to local construction of fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft

A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets by dropping bombs....
, IAI also builds civil aircraft (for Gulfstream
Gulfstream Aerospace

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is a producer of several models of Jet aircraft aircraft. Gulfstream has been a unit of General Dynamics since 2001....
, on the G100/G150 and G200
Gulfstream G200

The Gulfstream G200, formerly known as the IAI Galaxy, is an Israel Aerospace Industries-manufactured twin-engine business jet, now produced for Gulfstream Aerospace....
) and performs local maintenance of foreign-built military and civilian aircraft. In addition, the company works on a number of missile
Missile

A guided missile is a self-propelled projectile used as a weapon. Missiles are typically propelled by rockets or jet engines. Missiles generally have one or more explosive warheads, although other weapon types may also be used....
 and avionics
Avionics

Avionics means "aviation electronics". It comprises Electronics systems for use on aircraft, artificial satellites and spacecraft, comprising communications, navigation and the display and management of multiple systems....
 systems. In 2003, Israel Aircraft Industries attempted to enter the VLJ (Very Light Jet) Market, by launching the Avocet ProJet
Avocet ProJet

The Avocet ProJet was a Very Light Jet introduced by Avocet Aircraft, a Westport, CT., based company founded by former investment bankers Carey Robinson Wolchok and Andrew Chao and Israel Aircraft Industries , the largest industrial company in the State of Israel....
, a 6-8 seat, high utilization air taxi, with a list price almost half the cost of the least expensive business jet available at that time.

In early 2006, the ProJet stalled after a major undisclosed US OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer

OEM stands for "Original Equipment Manufacturer".An original equipment manufacturer, or OEM is typically a company that uses a component made by a second company in its own product, or sells the product of the second company under its own brand....
 pulled out of the program due to unspecified reasons.

Although the IAI main focus is aviation
Aviation

File:Norwegian military Bell 412SP helicopters.jpgAviation refers to activities involving man-made flying devices , including the people, organizations, and regulatory bodies involved with them....
 and high-tech electronics, it also manufactures military systems for ground and naval forces. Many of these products are specially suited for Israel Defence Forces needs, while others are also marketed to foreign militaries.

On November 6, 2006 Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. ("IAI") officially changed its corporate name to Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. The purpose of the name change is to more accurately reflect the current scope of IAI's business activities, which today includes not just aircraft, but also systems, satellites and launchers, as well as maritime and ground systems.

The company is currently working with the Aviation Technology Group
Aviation Technology Group

Aviation Technology Group is a developer of the ATG Javelin very light jet . It was founded in June 2000 by George Bye....
 on a military trainer version of the ATG Javelin
ATG Javelin

The ATG Javelin is a small high-speed business jet being developed by the Aviation Technology Group . Planned for FAA certification under 14 CFR part 23, the Javelin has a design resembling a fighter aircraft, an unusual concept for civilian jets....
, a fighter style personal jet. The version being developed is expected to compete against a large field of jet trainers at a much lower cost of acquisition and maintenance.

Products


Civilian Air systems

  • Arava
    IAI Arava

    The Israeli Aircraft Industries Arava is a light STOL utility transport aircraft built in Israel by IAI in the late 1960s.The Arava was IAI's first major aircraft design to enter production....
     - medium sized STOL
    STOL

    STOL is an initialism for short take-off and landing, a term used to describe aircraft with very short runway requirements.The formal NATO definition is:...
     transport aircraft (no longer in production)
  • Westwind
    IAI Westwind

    The Israel Aerospace Industries Westwind is a business jet that became a cornerstone of the Israeli aircraft manufacturing industry and remained in production for twenty years....
     business jet
    Business jet

    Business jet, private jet or, colloquially, bizjet is a term describing a jet aircraft, usually of smaller size, designed for transporting groups of business people....
     (no longer in production)
  • Astra
    IAI Astra

    The IAI 1125 Astra is an Israel Aerospace Industries-manufactured twin-engine business jet. The Astra evolved from the Rockwell IAI Westwind aircraft, for which IAI had purchased the manufacturing license in 1968, and the IAI Westwind....
    /Galaxy business jets (now produced for Gulfstream Aerospace
    Gulfstream Aerospace

    Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation is a producer of several models of Jet aircraft aircraft. Gulfstream has been a unit of General Dynamics since 2001....
     as the G100/G200
    Gulfstream G200

    The Gulfstream G200, formerly known as the IAI Galaxy, is an Israel Aerospace Industries-manufactured twin-engine business jet, now produced for Gulfstream Aerospace....
    )
  • IAI Avocet ProJet Revolutionary Very Light Jet (program cancelled)
  • Conversion of passenger aircraft to cargo aircraft
    • B737-300
    • B767-200
    • B747-200
    • B747-400
    • Other models in development
  • 'Flight Guard' infrared countermeasures system against MANPAD anti-aircraft missiles


Military air systems

  • Lavi
    IAI Lavi

    The Israeli Aircraft Industries Lavi was a combat aircraft, whose story is similar to Avro Canada's Cf-105 Arrow, developed in Israel in the 1980s....
     - an Israeli fighter jet, abandoned due to lack of budget
  • Kfir
    IAI Kfir

    The Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir is an Israeli-built all-weather, multi-role Fighter aircraft based on a modified Dassault Mirage 5 airframe, with Israeli avionics and an Israeli-made version of the General Electric J79 turbojet engine....
     - fighter jet
  • Nesher
    IAI Nesher

    The Israel Aircraft Industries Nesher is the Israeli name of the Dassault Mirage 5 multi-role fighter aircraft. Most were later sold to the Argentine Air Force as Daggers, and later upgraded as Fingers....
     - fighter jet , derivative of the French Mirage 5
  • UAV's
    Unmanned aerial vehicle

    File:MQ-9 Reaper in flight .jpgAn unmanned aerial vehicle is an unpiloted aircraft. UAVs come in two varieties: some are controlled from a remote location, and others fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans using more complex dynamic automation systems....
     - unmanned aerial vehicles, manufactured by IAI's MALAT division:
    • Pioneer (with the USA)
    • RQ-5 Hunter
      RQ-5 Hunter

      The RQ-5 Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle was originally intended to serve as the United States Army's Short Range UAV system for division and corps commanders....
       (with the USA)
    • Heron
      IAI Heron

      The Heron or Machatz-1 is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle developed by the Malat division of Israel Aerospace Industries. It is capable of Medium Altitude Long Endurance operations of up to 52 hours' duration at up to 35,000 feet....
    • Harpy
      IAI Harpy

      The IAI Harpy is an unmanned aerial vehicle produced by Israel's Israel Aircraft Industries. The Harpy is designed to attack radar systems. It carries a high explosive warhead....
    • Ranger
    • Scout
      IAI Scout

      The IAI Scout is a reconnaissance unmanned air vehicle developed in Israel in the 1970s by Israel Aircraft Industries as a competitor to the Tadiran Mastiff....
    • Searcher
      IAI Searcher

      The IAI Searcher is a reconnaissance UAV developed in Israel in the 1980s. In the following decade, it replaced the IMI Mastiff and IAI Scout UAVs then in service with the Israeli Army....
    • Skylite - Canister Launched mini-UAV system
  • Rafael Python 5 air-to-air missile (together with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.)
  • Upgrades to F-16 and F-15, and foreign MiG-21
    Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21

    The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed and built by the Mikoyan Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was popularly nicknamed "balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view resemblance to the Balalaika or ol?wek by Polish pilots due to the shape of its fuselage....
     jet fighters
  • Upgrades to Sikorsky CH-53
    CH-53 Sea Stallion

    The CH-53 Sea Stallion is the most common name for the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation S-65 family of heavy-lift transport helicopters. Originally developed for use by the United States Marine Corps, it is also in service with Germany, Iran, Israel, Mexico, and as the MH-53 Pave Low with the United States Air Force....
     Yas'ur in project "Yas'ur 2000"
  • Avionics upgrades for the Ka-50-2 Erdogan
    Kamov Ka-50

    The Kamov Ka-50 Black Shark is a single-seat Russian attack helicopter with the distinctive Coaxial rotors system of the Kamov design bureau....
     gunship
    Gunship

    The term "gunship" is used in several contexts, all sharing the general idea of a light craft armed with heavy guns....
     in collaboration with Kamov
    Kamov

    Nikolai Il'yich Kamov started building his first rotor-winged aircraft in 1929, together with N. K. Skrzhinskii.Up to the 1940s, they created more autogyros, including the A-7-3, the only armed one in the world that saw combat action....
  • Phalcon air surveillance system
  • Eitam


Ground defense systems

  • IDF Caterpillar D9R's armor kit
  • Nimrod
    Nimrod (missile)

    Nimrod is an exceptionally long-range anti-tank guided missile developed by Israel Aerospace Industries. It provides standoff strike capability against a variety of point targets such as tanks, APCs, ships, bunkers, personnel concentrations and guerrillas....
     and LAHAT
    LAHAT

    The LAHAT is a semi-active laser homing low-weight anti-tank guided missile developed since 1992 and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries....
     ATGMs


Ground transportation

  • Assembly of IC3
    IC3

    The IC3 is a Denmark-built high-comfort medium/long distance diesel multiple unit train. The sets were built by ABB Scandia . This train model has been operating in Europe since 1989....
     diesel multiple unit
    Diesel multiple unit

    A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board diesel engines....
     train
    Train

    A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track to rail transport from one place to another. The track usually consists of two rail tracks, but might also be a monorail or magnetic levitation train guideway....
    s and double-decker railway coaches
    Bombardier Double-deck Coach

    The Adtranz Double-deck Coach is a Passenger car used by various European railways. The current generation of double-deck coaches can be run at speeds up to 160 km/h ....
     under license from Bombardier Transportation
    Bombardier Transportation

    Bombardier Transportation is the rail transport equipment division of the Bombardier group. Bombardier Transportation is the world?s largest company in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry....


Naval systems

  • Gabriel missile
    Gabriel missile

    The Gabriel is an Israeli sea-skimming anti-ship missile, also known as a Scorpion missile in the South African Navy.Development of the Gabriel for the Israeli Navy began in 1962....
     sea-to-sea missile
  • Super Dvora Mk-III patrol boat


Aerospace systems

  • EROS
    EROS (satellite)

    EROS is a series of Israeli commercial Earth observation satellites, designed and manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries , with optical payload supplied by El-Op....
    , Amos
    Amos (satellite)

    AMOS is a name for a series of Israeli communications satellites. AMOS are developed by Israel Aircraft Industries and operated by the private company Spacecom....
     and Ofeq
    Ofeq

    Ofeq, also spelled Offek or Ofek is the designation of a series of Israeli reconnaissance satellites first launched in 1988. All Ofeq satellites have been carried on top of Shavit rockets from Palmachim Airbase in Israel, on the Mediterranean coast....
     Satellite
    Satellite

    In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an Physical body which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
     series
  • Arrow
    Arrow missile

    The Arrow "Interceptor" Anti-ballistic missile is a missile defense#Classified by type/range of missile intercepted system; it is the first missile developed by Israel and United States that was specifically designed and built to intercept and destroy ballistic missiles on a national level....
     anti-ballistic missile defence system
  • Shavit
    Shavit

    Shavit is a outer space launch vehicle produced by Israel to launch small satellites into low earth orbit. It was first launched on September 19, 1988 , making Israel the Timeline of first orbital launches by country to have a space launch capability....
     space launcher
  • Middle East Newsline has reported that IAI will launch one or more CubeSat
    CubeSat

    A CubeSat is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that usually has a volume of exactly one litre, weighs no more than one kilogram, and typically uses commercial, off-the-shelf electronics components....
    s by the end of 2008.
  • TecSAR
    TecSAR

    TecSAR, also known as TechSAR and Polaris, is an Israeli reconnaissance satellite, equipped with synthetic aperture radar developed by Elta....
     reconnaissance satellite, launched on 2008-01-21


Manufacturing plants

  • Systems, Missiles & Space Group
    • Malam - integration
    • Mabat - missiles and satellites
    • Tamam - inertial guidance and electro-optic systems
  • Military Aircraft Group
    • Lahav - aircraft upgrades
    • Mata - helicopter upgrades
    • Golan Industries - crash survival seats and other aircraft parts
    • Malat - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
      Unmanned aerial vehicle

      File:MQ-9 Reaper in flight .jpgAn unmanned aerial vehicle is an unpiloted aircraft. UAVs come in two varieties: some are controlled from a remote location, and others fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans using more complex dynamic automation systems....
      s
  • Elta
    ELTA

    'ELTA' is a Lithuanian news agency based in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.ELTA was founded in 1920 in Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania, by Juozas Eretas, the first director of the agency, a literature professor, publicist, and public figure of Swiss descent who sought to make the ELTA news wire as efficient and reliable as a "S...
     - Radar
    Radar

    Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic radiation waves to identify the range, altitude, direction, or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain....
    s, electronic warfare
    Electronic warfare

    Electronic warfare The term EW refers to any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum or directed energy to control the EMS or to attack the enemy....
     and ELINT
  • Bedek Aviation Group - MRO
    MRO

    MRO may be:* Marlborough_* Hokuriku Broadcasting Company, broadcasting station in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan* Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Multi-use astronomical observatory near Socorro, NM....
    • Aircraft Division - Conversion of passenger aircraft to cargo aircraft, heavy aircraft maintenance, Fleet Maintenance
    • Engines Division - Repair and overhaul of civil and military aircraft engines (P&W
      P&W

      P&W may refer to:* Philadelphia and Western Railroad* Providence and Worcester Railroad* Pratt & Whitney - an American aircraft engine manufacturer...
      , GE
      Gê

      G? are the people who spoke Ge languages of the northern South American Caribbean coast and Brazil, their society is or was highly egalitarian and anti-authoritarian, because of which they resisted the Incas as well as the Spaniards....
      )
    • Components Division - Repair and overhaul of civil and military aircraft components (APU
      APU

      APU or Apu may refer to:* Apu , a deity or honorific in South American religion and Incan mythology* Apu , a Finnish family magazine* Alian?a Povo Unido, or United People Alliance, a political coalition in Portugal...
      , Landing Gear
      Landing Gear

      Landing Gear is Devin the Dude's fifth studio album. It was released on October 7 2008. It will be his first studio album since signing with the music label Razor & Tie....
      , CSD etc).
  • Commercial Aircraft Group
    • Ramta - railcar
      Railcar

      A railcar is a self-propelled Rail transport vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single Coach , with a driver's cab at one or both ends....
      s, patrol boat
      Patrol boat

      A patrol boat is a small naval ship generally designed for coastal defense duties.There have been many designs for patrol boats. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, or police force, and may be intended for marine and/or estuary or river environments....
      s etc.
    • Aerostructures -
      • Shahal - landing gear
        Landing Gear

        Landing Gear is Devin the Dude's fifth studio album. It was released on October 7 2008. It will be his first studio album since signing with the music label Razor & Tie....
         and other aircraft parts
    • Technologies -
    • Business Jets -
    • Engineering Division - aircraft manufacturing and integration

See also

  • Military equipment of Israel
    Military equipment of Israel

    The military equipment of Israel includes a wide array of arms, tanks, planes, cannons, armored vehicles. Many of these are purchased overseas. Up until the Six-Day War of 1967, the Israel Defense Forces' principal supplier was France, since then, it has been the United States government and defense companies....

External links

  • - official site.