Israel Aerospace Industries President and CEO Boaz Levy spoke Tuesday at the Defense Tech Expo conference, outlining the company’s ongoing development efforts and future defense priorities.
Israel has modified its F-35I fighter jets with additional fuel tanks to extend their range “without compromising stealth,” Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, said in an interview with the Israel Hayom daily.
Israel Ministry of Defense said the David’s Sling weapon system has successfully completed a complex series of tests as part of a future threat readiness upgrade.
Elbit Systems said it has secured contracts worth more than $100 million from the Directorate of Defense Research and Development within Israel’s Ministry of Defense to develop advanced digitisation capabilities for the Israel Defense Forces.
The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of four arms and military equipment packages to Israel with an estimated total value of $6.67 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.
Elbit Systems of America has received a delivery order worth about $74.4 million from Marine Corps Systems Command for Squad Binocular Night Vision Goggle systems.
Elbit Systems has received a multi-year air munitions procurement order valued at approximately $183 million (NIS 570 million) from the Israel Ministry of Defense Defence Procurement Directorate.
Israel Aerospace Industries CEO Boaz Levy said Israel is ready for another round of fighting with Iran and has been producing missile interceptors continuously since October 7.
IAI has signed a contract worth approximately USD 3.1 billion with Israel Ministry of Defense for the expansion of Germany’s procurement of the Arrow 3 missile defence system.
Elbit Systems has completed production of the first model of the Sigma NG 155 millimetre self-propelled howitzer at the South Carolina facility of its US subsidiary, Elbit America.
The Israel Ministry of Defense and the Israel Defense Forces have completed the distribution of thousands of ARAD rifles produced by Israel Weapon Industries to rapid response teams across the country.
Europe’s rearmament will ultimately be judged not by budget totals or platform inventories, but by performance under pressure.
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