HIS career since leaving the air force has been in business rather than politics, but Yair Shamir, the chairman of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is a chip off the old block. Not only is he a dead ...

IAI Lavi'' B-2 prototype at Muzeyon Heyl ha-Avir, Hatzerim, Israel. Bukvoed/Wikimedia Commons TEL AVIV – A three-time former Israeli defense minister and principal driver behind the long-defunct ...

The IAI Lavi was Israel’s attempt to build a highly maneuverable multirole fighter tailored to its own battlefield needs, ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Israeli involvement in the J-10 appears to have begun at around the same time that China first opened diplomatic relations with Israel in January 1992 . . . Israeli ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The J-10 is more inspired by Israel’s Lavi than an outright clone. However, there is considerable evidence that the J-10’s development was heavily informed by a jet ...

TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. decision to award Israel's Elbit Systems the contract to co-produce the flight helmet for Lockheed Martin's advanced F-35 stealth fighter illustrates the ...

Ovadia Harari, executive vice president for operations at Israel Aircraft Industries, is retiring after a 35-year career with the company. Harari joined IAI in 1970 and held several positions in the ...

Today, about 75% of Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) income is generated by defence systems. With this responsibility, the company’s military aircraft group is under heavy pressure to maintain this ...

Rafi Maor returned to Israel Aerospace Industries as chairman in November 2013. He had worked on the Lavi fighter program and led IAI's unmanned aircraft systems division before leaving the company ...