Manufacturer catalog

Israel Aerospace Industries

Israel Aerospace Industries is Israel's state-owned aerospace and defense manufacturer, producing air and missile defense, UAV, loitering munition, precision-strike, and aircraft-modernization systems represented across this catalog.

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Israel Aerospace Industries is Israel's state-owned aerospace and defense manufacturer. IAI traces its roots to the 1953 Bedek Aviation Company and the Ministry of Defense aviation unit, then became the present company in Lod in 1966 and adopted its current legal name in 2007.

On this catalog, IAI anchors catalog pages for the systems it builds across air defense, unmanned aerial systems, loitering munitions, precision-guided weapons, and aircraft modification work. The builder profile provides industrial context while the individual weapon records carry the conflict-specific sourcing.

air and missile defenseunmanned aerial systemsloitering munitionsprecision-guided weaponsaircraft modernizationradar and ISR systems

Notable Systems

Heron UAS family

IAI's MALE UAS line is one of the catalog's core builder-linked UAV families and underpins the catalog's Heron entries.

Sources: Heron product page
IAI Harop, Long-range loitering munition, Aircraft & UAVs

Harop loitering munition

Long-range loitering munition

IAI describes Harop as a loitering munition that combines UAV and missile characteristics for long-range strike against high-value targets.

Sources: Harop product page

Harpy loitering munition

IAI's Harpy page describes the system as an autonomous fire-and-forget weapon designed to detect and attack radar emitters.

Sources: Harpy product page

Barak air and missile defense system

IAI's Barak coverage describes a developed and operationally integrated air and missile defense system built from IAI radar, launchers, and interceptors.

Sources: Barak air defense article
LORA ballistic missile, Short-range road-mobile ballistic missile system, Artillery

LORA ballistic missile

Short-range road-mobile ballistic missile system

IAI's LORA materials describe a long-range artillery weapon system and sea- or ground-launched ballistic missile for precision strike.

Sources: LORA product page
Rampage, Supersonic air-to-ground standoff missile, Munitions

Rampage stand-off strike weapon

Supersonic air-to-ground standoff missile

IAI's Rampage page presents the weapon as a GPS-guided air-to-ground missile for stand-off precision strikes, co-developed with IMI.

Sources: Rampage product page

Manufacturer History

  1. Bedek Aviation Company is established

    IAI's history page says the company began in 1953 as Bedek Aviation Company, a governmental aviation institute focused on maintenance and overhaul.

    Sources: IAI history

  2. IAI is founded in Lod

    The sustainability report says the present company was founded in Lod in 1966 after operating as a Ministry of Defense supporting unit.

    Sources: IAI sustainability report 2025

  3. Name changes to Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.

    IAI's sustainability report says the company adopted the current legal name in 2007.

    Sources: IAI sustainability report 2025

Predecessors
Bedek Aviation Company
Website links
IAI homeAbout IAIIAI historyHeron UASLORA

IAI's own history materials split the company's origin between the 1953 Bedek / Ministry of Defense aviation unit and the 1966 founding of the present Lod-based company. The profile preserves that distinction and treats the current builder as the modern corporate continuation of that industrial lineage.

Manufacturer Sources

  • IAI historyPublisher: Israel Aerospace Industries | Note: Supports the 1953 Bedek Aviation Company origin, the maintenance-and-overhaul starting point, and the early history of the builder. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • About IAIPublisher: Israel Aerospace Industries | Note: Supports IAI's current portfolio across air and missile defence, UAS, ground robotics, precision-guided weapons, loitering munitions, and modernization work. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • IAI sustainability report 2025Publisher: Israel Aerospace Industries | Note: Supports the 1966 founding date for the present company, the 2007 name change, the Lod headquarters, and the government-owner context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Heron product pagePublisher: Israel Aerospace Industries | Note: Supports Heron as an IAI-manufactured MALE UAS family represented in the catalog. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Harop product pagePublisher: Israel Aerospace Industries | Note: Supports Harop as an IAI loitering munition and precision-strike product family represented in the catalog. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Harpy product pagePublisher: Israel Aerospace Industries | Note: Supports Harpy as an IAI loitering munition designed to attack radar emitters. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Barak air defense articlePublisher: Israel Aerospace Industries | Note: Supports Barak as an IAI-developed air and missile defense system with operational integration context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • LORA product pagePublisher: Israel Aerospace Industries | Note: Supports LORA as an IAI long-range artillery weapon system and precision-strike missile family. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rampage product pagePublisher: Israel Aerospace Industries | Note: Supports Rampage as an IAI stand-off air-to-ground strike weapon and co-development with IMI. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • GPO photo on Wikimedia CommonsPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the CC BY-SA 3.0 image provenance for the Government Press Office photo of Shimon Peres at IAI headquarters in Lod. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

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Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Eitam, Airborne early warning and control aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2023 Israel-Hamas War, 2025 Israel-Iran ConflictGulfstream G550 Nachshon EitamAirborne early warning and control aircraftBuilt in: Israel / United StatesThe Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Eitam is Israel's conformal airborne early warning and control version of the G550 business jet, modified by Israel Aerospace Industries and ELTA with the EL/W-2085 AESA radar and mission systems. Operated by Israeli Air Force 122 Squadron, it provides airborne surveillance, battle management, and command-and-control support for air defense and long-range strike operations, including documented use during Iron Swords and the 2025 Israel-Iran conflict.
IAI Kfir, Fighter-bomber and multirole combat aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs1982 Lebanon War, 1983 Sri Lankan Civil War +2 moreIAI KfirFighter-bomber and multirole combat aircraftBuilt in: IsraelThe IAI Kfir is an Israeli fighter-bomber and multirole combat aircraft developed by Israel Aircraft Industries from the Mirage 5 and IAI Nesher lineage. Powered by a license-built General Electric J79 turbojet, the type entered Israeli service in 1975, became Israel's first home-grown fighter-bomber, and later served export operators in Colombia, Ecuador, Sri Lanka, and U.S. adversary-training fleets.
IAI Harop, Long-range loitering munition, Aircraft & UAVs2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 2025 India-Pakistan ConflictIAI HaropLong-range loitering munitionBuilt in: IsraelThe IAI Harop is an Israeli long-range loitering munition that combines UAV-style search and surveillance with an expendable precision-strike role. Israel Aerospace Industries presents it as a second-generation electro-optical attack system launched from land or naval canisters, controlled by a remote human operator, and able to attack high-value targets from multiple dive angles. Direct public sourcing ties Harop to Azerbaijan's 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh campaign and India's 2025 Operation Sindoor.
IAI Heron UAV, Medium-altitude long-endurance UAV, Aircraft & UAVs2006 Lebanon War, 2008 Gaza War +5 moreIAI Heron UAVMedium-altitude long-endurance UAVBuilt in: IsraelThe IAI Heron is an Israeli medium-altitude long-endurance UAV family built for persistent ISR, target acquisition, maritime patrol, and multi-sensor surveillance missions. IAI describes Heron 1, known in Israeli service as Shoval, and Heron Mk II as SATCOM-capable MALE platforms with automatic taxi, takeoff, and landing, while conflict sourcing ties the family to Israeli operations in Gaza and Iran, Azerbaijani reconnaissance and targeting in Nagorno-Karabakh, and Indian Heron Mk II operations during Operation Sindoor.
Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Oron, Multi-mission intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2023 Israel-Hamas War, 2025 Israel-Iran ConflictGulfstream G550 Nachshon OronMulti-mission intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance aircraftBuilt in: Israel / United StatesThe Gulfstream G550 Nachshon Oron is an Israeli special-mission aircraft that adapts a U.S.-built Gulfstream G550 business jet with IAI/ELTA radar, electro-optical, SIGINT, C4I, and AI-assisted processing systems. Operated by Israeli Air Force 122 Squadron, it gives Israel a business-jet-based wide-area surveillance and target-generation platform documented in wartime support roles over Gaza and during Israel's 2025 operations against Iran.
Gulfstream G500 Nachshon Shavit, Signals-intelligence and electronic-reconnaissance aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2006 Lebanon War, 2023 Israel-Hamas War +1 moreGulfstream G500 Nachshon ShavitSignals-intelligence and electronic-reconnaissance aircraftBuilt in: Israel / United StatesThe Gulfstream G500 Nachshon Shavit is Israel's Gulfstream V/G500-based special electronic missions aircraft, converted for Israeli Air Force 122 Squadron with IAI/ELTA mission systems for signals intelligence, electronic reconnaissance, and long-range ISR support. Official IAI material describes Shavit as the Nachshon fleet's SIGINT aircraft for monitoring the electromagnetic spectrum, while public image and fleet sources identify it as the earlier Gulfstream V/G500 member alongside the G550 Eitam and Oron aircraft.
IAI Heron TP, Strategic medium-altitude long-endurance UAV, Aircraft & UAVs2008 Gaza War, 2023 Israel-Hamas War +1 moreIAI Heron TPStrategic medium-altitude long-endurance UAVBuilt in: IsraelThe IAI Heron TP is the large strategic member of Israel Aerospace Industries' Heron UAV family, known in Israeli Air Force service as Eitan. It is built for long-range, high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, reconnaissance, and multi-payload missions, with official specifications listing a 5,670 kg maximum takeoff weight, more than 30 hours endurance, beyond-line-of-sight SATCOM operation, and payload capacity far above the smaller Heron 1. Conflict sourcing ties the type to Israeli Operation Cast Lead ISR, Iron Swords surveillance sorties, and Operation Rising Lion missions over Iran, while official German program sources document a customized German Heron TP configuration for Bundeswehr ISR service.
IAI Searcher UAV, Tactical reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle, Aircraft & UAVs1983 Sri Lankan Civil War, 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ConflictIAI Searcher UAVTactical reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicleBuilt in: IsraelThe IAI Searcher is an Israeli tactical UAV family built by Israel Aerospace Industries for surveillance, reconnaissance, target acquisition, artillery adjustment, and battle-damage assessment. Searcher Mk II and Mk III extended the line with longer endurance, heavier payload options, and export service, including Sri Lankan Air Force use in the civil war and Azerbaijani reconnaissance/fire-control use in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

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Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Arrow air-defense system, Anti-ballistic missile defense system, Air Defense2026 Iran War, 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict +2 moreArrow air-defense systemAnti-ballistic missile defense systemBuilt in: IsraelThe Arrow air-defense system is Israel's upper-tier ballistic-missile shield, built around Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 interceptors, Green Pine radar cueing, launchers, and battle management. It gives Israel a long-range layer above shorter-range defenses, with Arrow 2 focused on upper-atmosphere engagements and Arrow 3 adding exo-atmospheric hit-to-kill interception against longer-range ballistic threats.
Barak MX, Integrated air and missile defense system, Air Defense2025 Israel-Iran ConflictBarak MXIntegrated air and missile defense systemBuilt in: IsraelBarak MX is Israel Aerospace Industries' modular air and missile defense system for land, naval, and mobile deployment, built around networked battle management, radars, launchers, and the Barak SR, MR, LR, and ER interceptor family. Its Israeli Navy configuration is publicly described as Barak Magen on Sa'ar 6 missile ships, where IDF and IAI reporting tied LRAD interceptions to Operation Rising Lion during the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict; export reporting and official releases also document Barak MX sales or deliveries to Slovakia, Thailand, Cyprus, Morocco, and Azerbaijan.
Green Pine radar, Long-range ballistic-missile defense radar, Air Defense2025 Israel-Iran ConflictGreen Pine radarLong-range ballistic-missile defense radarBuilt in: IsraelGreen Pine is the IAI ELTA long-range AESA radar family that gives the Arrow Weapon System its ballistic-missile early-warning, tracking, classification, and fire-control sensor layer. Fielded first by Israel and later exported in upgraded forms, the radar can operate as a stand-alone early-warning sensor or as part of Arrow architecture, with direct Israeli use documented during Operation Rising Lion in the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict.
Barak LR / LRAD interceptor, Long-range surface-to-air interceptor, Air Defense2025 Israel-Iran ConflictBarak LR / LRAD interceptorLong-range surface-to-air interceptorBuilt in: IsraelBarak LR, also identified in Israeli operational reporting as LRAD, is Israel Aerospace Industries' 70 km long-range interceptor in the Barak MX air and missile defense family. It combines vertical launch, a dual-pulse motor, an active RF seeker, and battle-management data links for land and naval air defense, including Barak Magen use from Israeli Navy Sa'ar 6 missile ships against Iranian-launched UAVs during the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict.
Barak-8, Medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict +1 moreBarak-8Medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: Israel / IndiaBarak-8, including India's MRSAM and LR-SAM configurations and IAI's later Barak MX family, is an Israeli-Indian air and missile-defense system for naval and land launchers. The cataloged conflict record centers on reported Azerbaijani Barak-8 use in Nagorno-Karabakh, an Indian Air Force Barak-8 interception during Operation Sindoor, and Israeli Barak-family interceptions during the 2025 Israel-Iran conflict.
EL/M-2084 Multi-Mission Radar, Mobile multi-mission air-defense and weapon-locating radar, Air Defense2025 Israel-Iran ConflictEL/M-2084 Multi-Mission RadarMobile multi-mission air-defense and weapon-locating radarBuilt in: IsraelThe EL/M-2084 Multi-Mission Radar is IAI/ELTA's mobile AESA radar family for air surveillance, counter-rocket/artillery/mortar warning, weapon locating, and air-defense fire-control support. Public IAI reporting identifies MMR as a sensor tied to Iron Dome, David's Sling, Barak MX, and Spyder architectures, while official Canadian, Czech, and Slovak sources show the radar family also serving NATO air-surveillance and ground-force sensor roles. IAI directly names Multi-Mission Radar systems in Israel's Operation Rising Lion defense against Iranian rockets, missiles, UAVs, and other airborne threats.
Iron Dome air-defense system, Mobile short-range air-defense system, Air Defense2012 Gaza-Israel Conflict, 2014 Gaza War +6 moreIron Dome air-defense systemMobile short-range air-defense systemBuilt in: IsraelIron Dome is an Israeli mobile short-range air-defense system built by Rafael and Israel Aerospace Industries to detect, track, and intercept rockets, artillery threats, and some UAVs before they hit populated areas. Known in Hebrew as Kippat Barzel, it became operational in 2011 and has documented combat use from the 2012 Gaza-Israel Conflict through later Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran-related fighting, including the April 2024 Iran-Israel exchange.

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Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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Arrow 3 interceptor, Exo-atmospheric ballistic missile interceptor, Munitions2023 Red Sea Crisis, 2024 Iran-Israel Exchange +1 moreArrow 3 interceptorExo-atmospheric ballistic missile interceptorBuilt in: Israel / United StatesArrow 3 is the exo-atmospheric, hit-to-kill interceptor in Israel's Arrow Weapon System, developed with U.S. support for long-range ballistic-missile defense. It moved from operational deployment in 2017 to documented combat use against Red Sea, Iranian, and Israel-Iran ballistic-missile threats, while Germany's procurement made it a European territorial-defense system as well as an Israeli air-defense layer.
Arrow 2 interceptor, Upper-atmosphere ballistic missile interceptor, Munitions2023 Red Sea Crisis, 2011 Syrian Civil WarArrow 2 interceptorUpper-atmosphere ballistic missile interceptorBuilt in: Israel / United StatesThe Arrow 2 interceptor is the first operational missile layer in Israel's Arrow Weapon System, developed with U.S. support for upper-atmosphere ballistic-missile defense. It combines a two-stage solid-propellant body, focused fragmentation kill mechanism, and Green Pine radar cueing, with documented Israeli use against a Syrian SA-5 in 2017 and a Red Sea-area ballistic missile in 2023.

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Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Sa'ar 6-class corvette, Missile corvette, Naval Systems2023 Israel-Hamas War, 2023 Red Sea Crisis +1 moreSa'ar 6-class corvetteMissile corvetteBuilt in: Germany / IsraelThe Sa'ar 6-class corvette is an Israeli Navy missile corvette built in Germany and fitted in Israel with MF-STAR radar, Barak-family air defense, C-Dome, anti-ship missiles, and other combat systems. INS Atzmaut, rendered in English IDF and IAI releases as INS Independence, is one of four class ships; across the Gaza war, Red Sea crisis, and 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict, the class has served as a compact missile-ship layer for maritime strike support, air defense, and protection of Israel's maritime approaches.

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Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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Boeing 707 Re'em, Aerial refueling tanker and transport aircraft, Support Equipment2023 Red Sea Crisis, 2025 Israel-Iran ConflictBoeing 707 Re'emAerial refueling tanker and transport aircraftBuilt in: United States / IsraelThe Boeing 707 Re'em is Israel's locally converted Boeing 707 tanker and transport aircraft, operated by the Israeli Air Force's 120th Squadron for aerial refueling, long-range support, and communications roles. Built from civil 707 airframes and modified by Israel Aerospace Industries, the Re'em enabled Israeli long-range air operations in the 2023 Red Sea Crisis and the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict, including documented Yemen strike support and hundreds of refueling connections during Operation Rising Lion.
AMOS communications satellites, Geostationary communications satellite family, Support Equipment2025 Israel-Iran ConflictAMOS communications satellitesGeostationary communications satellite familyBuilt in: Israel / United StatesThe AMOS communications satellites are a Spacecom-operated Israeli geostationary communications family built mainly around Israel Aerospace Industries AMOS bus designs, with AMOS-17 built by Boeing on the 702 platform. IAI describes AMOS-4000 as a modular 3-6 ton GEO platform for flexible communications payloads, and its Operation Rising Lion account says AMOS satellites maintained essential Israeli operational communications during the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict.
Ofek reconnaissance satellites, Military reconnaissance satellite family, Support Equipment2025 Israel-Iran ConflictOfek reconnaissance satellitesMilitary reconnaissance satellite familyBuilt in: IsraelOfek is Israel's indigenous military observation-satellite family, built around compact low-Earth-orbit reconnaissance spacecraft launched mainly by Shavit rockets and operated through the Israeli defense establishment. Public releases describe electro-optical and synthetic-aperture-radar Ofek satellites feeding Unit 9900 and Israeli decision-makers with imagery for strategic intelligence, targeting support, battle-damage assessment, and persistent regional surveillance.