Air Warfare

Netherlands upgrades MQ-9A Reaper fleet

2nd April 2024

The improvements the Dutch MQ-9A Reapers will receive will include maritime radars, extended-range fuel tanks and weapons.

Naval Warfare

BlueWhale - A True Submarine Force Multiplier

26th March 2024

The seventh annual REPMUS* and Dynamic Messenger naval exercises, organized and led by the Portuguese Navy and NATO, were held over a three-week period in September 2023.

Land Warfare

Raytheon and Rafael to expand Iron Dome missile production

23rd February 2024

Rafael developed Iron Dome to provide a dual-role system which could be used for C-RAM and very-short-range air defence. Since 2011, Iron Dome has served as the lowest layer of the multi-layered Israeli air and missile defence network.

Land Warfare

Israel Aerospace Industries signs two loitering munitions deals

23rd November 2023

IAI has developed several loitering munitions or attack UAS including Harpy NG, Harop, Rotem and Mini Harpy. It has also been developing Point Blank, described as a 'hand-launched electro-optical guided missile' but much like the company's loitering munitions can dwell while confirming a target's nature.

Special operations vehicles

Zmag SOF Vehicle (Israel)

Programme Background Originally designed by and marketed by Ido Cohen, the Zmag is part of a family of ATVs aimed at both civilian and military customers. In ...

Special operations vehicles

Zmag SOF Vehicle (Israel - Options)

Programme Background Originally designed by and marketed by Ido Cohen, the Zmag is part of a family of ATVs aimed at both civilian and military customers. In ...

Maritime patrol

Maritime Patrol Aircraft (Singapore)

Programme Background Deployed from Changi West airbase, and jointly operated by the RSAF and Republic of Singapore Navy, the ageing Fokker 50 fleet is primarily ...

Corvettes

Reshef Class [Israel]

Programme Background Requirements The Israeli Navy is seeking a replacement for its Sa'ar 4 and Sa'ar 4.5-class of fast attack vessels. Dubbed Reshef-class, the new ...

Loitering munitions

Mini-Harpy [Israeli Navy]

Programme Background MADEX 2023 At MADEX 2023, IAI displayed the Mini-Harpy, dubbed the Green Dragon, loitering munition in a 12-system launcher mounted to an Israel Navy Sa'ar 6 ...

Loitering munitions

Harop [Israeli Navy]

Programme Background MADEX 2023 At MADEX 2023, IAI displayed the Mini-Harpy, dubbed the Green Dragon, loitering munition in a 12-system launcher mounted to an Israel ...

Loitering munitions

Mini Harpy [Estonia]

Programme Background Russia's Aggression In February 2023, Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur said the country was set to procure loitering munitions to enhance its indirect ...

Military UAS - mini

Mini-UAVs [Czechia]

Programme Background The effort to acquire mini-UAVs is directly linked to the Czech MoD's now-delayed procurement programme for tactical or MALE drones, such as the Heron Mk ...

Fighter - multirole

Kfir Replacement (Colombia)

Programme Background In May 2021, budget constraints prompted new Colombian finance minister José Manuel Restrepo (in post since 3 May) to place on indefinite hold ...

Loitering munitions

Point Blank [US]

Programme Background As IAI stated in a 19 January 2023 press release, it had been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by the Irregular Warfare Technical Support ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE

Heron TP [India]

Programme Background Emergency Procurement The Narendra Modi-led Indian government granted the Armed Forces Rs 500 crores to upgrade their warfighting capabilities due to the ongoing ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small

Intra-Theatre Lift [UK]

Programme Background  Relationship to the Heavy Lift Challange The Royal Navy (RN) embarked on the Heavy Lift Challenge, now called the Heavy Lift Capability (UASHLC), to explore ...

Military UAS - fixed-wing

Project Vampire [UK]

Programme Background Prior RN Tests Project Vampire began in 2021, before the January 2022 Phase 1 tender announcement. In September 2021, as part of Vampire, a Banshee ...

Loitering munitions

Harop [Morocco]

Programme Background In November 2021, Haaretz reported that a $22 million drone sale between Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Morocco had occurred. That publication and ...

Loitering munitions

Loitering Munitions (Forecast) [Germany]

Programme Background Three Systems In April 2023, Germany reportedly ordered three different loitering munition systems to further assess their suitability for use by the German Armed ...

Maritime patrol

ELI-3360

In February 2015, IAI introduced the ELI-3360, an MPA based on a modified Bombardier Global 5000 business jet platform. The ELI-3360 was designed by IAI ...

Military UGVs

RobDozer

The RobDozer, or Panda, is an uncrewed ground combat engineering system manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and ELTA Systems.  The UGV is designed for breaching tasks, ...

Air: Radio and SATCOM

ARC 840

The ARC-840D is a multi-band, multi-channel software-defined radio offering secure voice and data communications for Network Centric Operations. Produced by IAI Elta Systems, it can ...

AEW&C

P600 AEW&C

In June 2019, Embraer and IAI/Elta signed a cooperation agreement aimed at developing an AEW&C; aircraft based on the business jet Praetor 600, namely the ...

Air: AEW/fire control radar

ELM-2032

The ELM-2032 is a multi-mode airborne fire control radar. Modular hardware design, software control and flexible avionic interfaces enable installation in F-4, F-5, F-16, MiG-21, Mirage and ...

Land: Electronic Attack - Jamming

ELI-3375 counter-IED suite

The IAI ELTA ELI-3375 C-IED and counter-mine suite (CIMS) is an integrated protection system for detection of surface and underground IEDs, mines and roadside bombs. ...

Air: Radio and SATCOM

ELK-1882T NC2

Produced by Elta Systems (a subsidiary of IAI), ELK-1882T NC2 SATCOM terminals provide secure BLOS communications for fighter and special mission aircraft. The terminals utilise software-defined ...

AEW&C

Global 550 CAEW

The G550 CAEW aircraft is a Gulfstream G550 adapted for AEW&C;, EW and ISTAR missions in Australia, Israel, Italy, Singapore and the US. The base platform is ...

Special operations vehicles

Zmag

The Zmag (sometimes called Z-mag) is part of a family of ATVs originally developed by Israeli racing driver Ido Cohen. In May 2020, Israel Aerospace Industries ...

Air: COMINT and ELINT systems

AN/ALR-2001

BAE Systems’ AN/ALR-2001 Electronic Support Measure (ESM) is thought to be based on Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Elta Systems division’s EL/M-8382 ESM. The AN/ALR-2001 is ...

Corvettes

Sa'ar 5 (Eilat) Class

The Eilat (Sa'ar 5) class of multi-mission corvettes are in service with the Israeli Navy built by Ingalls Shipbuilding. The first of three was commissioned ...

Land: RWS

Pitbull

General Robotics developed the lightweight Pitbull family of remote weapons station for use on aerial, land and naval crewed or uncrewed platforms. Armed with a single ...

Maritime patrol

Dash 8-300

The Bombardier Dash 8-300 MPA is based on the Q300 regional turboprop aircraft. The Q200 model, with a shorter fuselage, is also used in the ...

Air: helicopter radar, Air: surveillance and maritime patrol radar, Air: UAS radar

Airborne MMR

The Airborne Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) is a mature X-band radar system originally designed by ELTA (ELM-2022). Harris and ELTA have teamed up to manufacture and ...

Land: air defence radar

ELM-2288 AD-STAR

The ELM-2288 Advanced Air Defense, Surveillance, Threat Alert and Air Traffic Control Radar (AD-STAR) is a 3D solid-state long-range S-band family of transportable radars designed ...