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Aeronautics Group Weapon Systems

Aeronautics Group is an Israeli defense-aerospace builder focused on unmanned aerial systems, tactical ISR platforms, and related mission equipment for military and homeland-security customers.

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Aeronautics Group is an Israeli unmanned-aerial-systems builder whose official product family centers on the Orbiter line, Aerostar, Dominator, Octoper, and supporting ground-segment products. The company's own materials describe it as a designer, developer, and manufacturer serving defense and homeland-security markets.

For this catalog, Aeronautics Group matters because its branded UAS and loitering-munition systems appear as cataloged weapon entries, and the builder profile ties those entries to the company history, current portfolio, and 2019 acquisition structure.

Unmanned aerial systemsTactical ISR platformsLoitering munitionsHomeland security systemsGround segment and mission support

Notable Systems

Orbiter family

The company's systems page lists Orbiter 5, Orbiter 4, Orbiter 3, Orbiter 2, and Orbiter 1K as part of the tactical family.

Sources: Systems

Aerostar

Aeronautics presents Aerostar as a combat-proven TUAS in its official product portfolio.

Sources: Systems

Dominator

The company lists Dominator among its core ISR-oriented systems for longer-endurance surveillance missions.

Sources: Systems

Octoper

Aeronautics includes Octoper in its official portfolio as an autonomous heavy multi-rotor tactical platform.

Sources: Systems

Builder History

  1. Aeronautics founded

    The company says it was founded in 1997 and grew into a world leader in UAS-based technologies.

    Sources: What We Do

  2. Acquisition announced

    Aeronautics says it was acquired in September 2019 by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Avichay Stolero.

    Sources: What We Do, Aeronautics acquisition report

Subsidiaries
Aeronautics Ltd.CommtactZanzotteraContropMagalCP Technologies
Website links
Official websiteSystemsWhat We DoContact

Aeronautics is commonly referenced as Aeronautics Ltd. or Aeronautics Defense Systems in official and reference sources. The profile uses the catalog facet Aeronautics Group and keeps ownership history limited to the 2019 acquisition reporting.

Builder Sources

  • Official websitePublisher: Aeronautics | Note: Supports the company's public name, defense and homeland-security market positioning, and general UAS builder background. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • What We DoPublisher: Aeronautics | Note: Supports Aeronautics as a designer, developer, and manufacturer of UAS for defense and HLS markets, plus the 1997 founding and 2019 acquisition context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • SystemsPublisher: Aeronautics | Note: Supports the current product portfolio used for notableSystems, including the Orbiter family, Aerostar, Dominator, Octoper, and ground-segment products. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ContactPublisher: Aeronautics | Note: Supports the Yavne contact context and official office contact details on the company website. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Terms & ConditionsPublisher: Aeronautics | Note: Supports the registered office at 10 Nachal Snir St., Yavne, Israel. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Aeronautics acquisition reportPublisher: Defense News | Note: Supports the September 2019 acquisition structure involving Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Avichay Stolero. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Commons Aeronautics Orbiter UAV imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and CC BY-SA licensing for the Orbiter UAV image used on the builder profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Category

Electronic Warfare

Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.

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