Tag: Israel Aerospace Industries

France bans Israeli companies from defence show

Seventy-four Israeli companies were supposed to exhibit at the Eurosatory defence exhibition on the outskirts of Paris, later this month, before they were banned after French President Emmanuel Macron called for Israeli attacks on Rafah to stop. Israeli stands were empty at the Dubai Airshow held last November, shortly after the October 7th attack by Hamas. But they were back on display at the Singapore Airshow held last February.

Israel to sell UAVs to Russia

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) CEO, Itzhak Nissan and the Director General of the Oboronprom Russian Industrial Corporation, Andrey Reus, signed an agreement on Tuesday to sell UAV assembly elements and services to Oboronprom from next year.

IAI to unveil tilt-rotor UAV

The Panther is a tactical UAV that ‘combines the flight capabilities of an airplane with helicopter-like hovering, a tilt-rotor propeller, and a fixed wing Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) system, which enables a runway-free takeoff and landing on an unprepared area’.

Unmanned Bell 407 powers up

Fire-X, an unmanned cargo version of the Bell 407 utility helicopter was supplied external power for the first time earlier this month and is expected to fly by the end of the year. The Fire-X combines the qualities of the Bell 407 and Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout.

MBDA offers India ordnance mgmt services

The European arms firm MBDA has offered its services for stockpile management to the Indian armed forces, saying it can help achieve cost savings of up to 30 per cent, besides configuring life extensions of existing stock and improving safety.

IAI’s sales fall in ’09

Israel Aerospace Industries has seen a fall in sales in 2009 from 2008 and has attributed this drop to the economic crisis affecting the company’s commercial aviation business.