Dror Bar Appointed as IAI VP, ELTA CEO

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has appointed Dror Bar as IAI Vice President and CEO of ELTA. The appointment is subject to the approval of the Appointments Review Committee, Israel’s Minister of Defense, and the Minister for Regional Cooperation who heads the Government Companies Authority. Prior to those approvals, the appointment will be considered temporary.

Bar is an electrical engineer and has a master’s degree in business management. He joined Israel Aerospace Industries twenty-two years ago and currently manages the Air and Missile Defense Systems Division in IAI’s Systems Missiles and Space Group. Bar has overseen the factory for several years achieving wide-ranging business success as well as significant operational and technological achievements – both in Israel and with many customers around the world. 

Previously, Bar served as chief engineer for the development of an advanced radar system at ELTA and as a development engineer at ELTA who also brought to bear the techno-operational aspects needed when developing sophisticated systems, skills he acquired during his military service, as an a valued officer in the Israel Air Force’s Active-Protection organization.

Chairman of the board of Israel Aerospace Industries Amir Peretz: “I am certain that Dror has the experience, ability and skills required to lead ELTA into its next chapter and to hit its objectives with an emphasis on the current Swords of Iron War, at a time when Israel’s security challenges, including the need for detection and identification capabilities, are the most important element in protecting the citizens of our country.”

ELTA's chairman and IAI's CEO Boaz Levy: “The appointment of Dror Bar to his new role is thus both a technological and business bridge for IAI enabling the development, realization and supply of ELTA’s products as part of systems solutions for the entire company in space, in the air, at sea, on land and in intelligence and cyber security.”