Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
Israel's largest state-owned defense and aerospace company, building satellites, missiles, drones, and radar. Led the Arrow missile-defense program. State ownership distinguishes it from privately held Elbit.
Israel Aerospace Industries is Israel's largest state-owned defense and aerospace company. It builds satellites, missiles, drones, radar, and civil-aviation systems, and led development of the Arrow missile-defense family with U.S. partners. As a government company, its board and major decisions run through state oversight.
Why it matters. IAI is where Israeli sovereignty doctrine and commercial export meet. Its state ownership makes it a barometer of national defense-industrial priorities, not just market demand — a distinction that matters in every cross-border deal it signs.
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See also: MAFAT · Rafael Advanced Defense Systems · Elbit Systems · DECA · Iron Dome · Order Backlog · Offset Obligation · SIBAT