Israel Aircraft Industries
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Israel Aircraft Industries (Hebrew: התעשייה האווירית לישראל) or IAI (תע"א) is Israel's prime aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial systems for both military and civilian usage. It has 14,000 employees as of 2005.
In addition to local construction of fighter aircraft, IAI also builds civil aircraft (for Gulfstream, on the G100/G150 and G200) and performs local maintenance of foreign-built fighters. In addition, the company works on a number of missile and avionics systems. In 2003, Israel Aircraft Industries attempted to enter the VLJ (Very Light Jet) Market, by launching the Avocet ProJet, a 6-8 seat, high utilization air taxi, with a list price almost half the cost of the least expensive business jet available today. In early 2006, the ProJet stalled after a major undisclosed US OEM pulled out of the program due to unspecified reasons.
Although the IAI main focus is aviation and high-tech electronics, it also manufactures military system for ground and naval forces. Many of these products are specially suited for the Israeli Defence Forces needs, while others are also marketed to foreign armies.
Products
Civilian Air systems
- Arava - medium sized STOL transport aircraft
- Westwind business jet
- Astra/Galaxy business jets (now produced for Gulfstream Aerospace as the G100/G200)
- IAI Avocet ProJet Revolutionary Very Light Jet [link]
Military air systems
- Lavi - an Israeli fighter jet, abandoned due lack of budget
- Kfir - fighter jet, derivative of the French Mirage 5
- Nesher - fighter jet
- UAV - unmanned aerial drones
- * Pioneer (with the USA)
- * RQ-5 Hunter (with the USA)
- * Heron
- * Harpy
- * Ranger
- * Scout
- * Searcher
- * Skylite - Canister Launched mini-UAV system
- Rafael Python 5 air-to-air missile (together with Rafael)
- Upgrades to F-16 and F-15, and foreign Mig-21 jet fighters
- Upgrades to Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur in project "Yas'ur 2000".
- Avionics upgrades for the Ka-50-2 Erdogan gunship in collaboration with Kamov
- Phalcon air surveillance system
Ground defense systems
- IDF Caterpillar D9's armor kit
- Nimrod and Lahat anti-tank missiles
Ground transportation
- Assembly of IC3 diesel multiple unit trains and double-decker railway coaches under license from Bombardier Transportation
Naval systems
- Gabriel missile sea-to-sea missile
- Super Dvora Mk-III patrol boat [link]
Aerospace systems
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 Vehicles
- Elta - Radars, electronic warfare and ELINT
- Bedek - aircraft maintenance
- Commercial Aircraft Group
- * Ramta - railcars, patrol boats etc.
- * Shahal - landing gear and other aircraft parts
- * Engineering Division - aircraft manufacturing and integration
See also
External link
- [Israel Aircraft Industries] - official site.
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