IAI to Provide the IAF with EHUD ACMI Systems
| 12/06/2017
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will provide the EHUD air combat maneuvering instrumentation (ACMI) system to the Israeli Air Force (IAF) to be used by the Corps' training between combat aircraft and the Lavi jet trainers. The IAF has ordered the ACMI systems from IAI's MALAM Division. The EHUD will be mounted on the IAF's various combat aircraft as part of the training schedule until the installation of fixed systems.
US National Security: Bombs vs. Intellect in the Absence of "Wise Counsel"
| 12/06/2017
"For it is by wise counsel, Thou shalt make thy war." (Proverbs, 24:6)
US President Donald Trump's expressed preferences notwithstanding, core military problems in the Middle East and North Korea are not about ordnance. In essence, these problems do not center on the absence or non-use of increasingly heavy explosives. They can't ever be solved by more frequent or enhanced use of Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) weapons, or of any other "mother of all bombs" type-firepower.
Watch: S-400 Missile Systems Deployed in Syria
| 12/06/2017
IAI to Establish an Aircraft-Maintenance Training Center in China
| 12/06/2017
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a $10 million contract with the city of Shantou in Guangdong Province last week to build a training center where Israeli teams will teach the Chinese to maintain passenger aircraft.
The contract was signed as part of a conference for business cooperation between Israel and the Guangdong Province.
The company also signed an agreement with Gwangju Port in the province to build a robot that would increase the efficiency of container storage.
The Gulf Crisis: Rehearsals for a Shi'ite-Sunni War
| 11/06/2017
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain – a small Shiite-majority State governed by the Sunnis – Eastern Libya of Haftar and the "Council" of Cyrenaica, the Maldives, Yemen and the Mauritius have all broken off any political, diplomatic and economic relations with the Qatar Emirate, governed by Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani.
Northrop Grumman to Upgrade USAF's F-16 Radar
| 11/06/2017
The US Air Force selected Northrop Grumman Corporation’s APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) for its F-16 radar upgrade.
Northrop Grumman will upgrade 72 US Air National Guard F-16s to meet a US Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense.
The Growing Threat of Naval Mines in the Red Sea
| 11/06/2017
Since January 2017, the Saudi-led coalition forces discovered and dismantled naval mines that were set by Houthis and militias allied to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh near Yemen's coastline in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
A report issued by the US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in March 2017, warned merchant ships of the dangers of mines in Bab al-Mandeb near the Mokha port entrance.
Between the Opportunities in the Gulf & the "Chips" of the Six-Day War
| 09/06/2017
The current Qatar crisis puts the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and even the implications of the Six-Day War, which took place exactly fifty years ago, into proper proportion. The significance of this crisis cannot be overrated, however: the severing of relations between the countries of the Persian Gulf and their rich neighbor is a seminal event in the history of the region.
China Unveils Prototype of High-Speed Amphibious Combat Vehicle
| 09/06/2017
The North China Institute of Vehicle Research has disclosed details of a prototype high-speed amphibious combat vehicle.
The new high-speed amphibious combat vehicle has been developed for military littoral, riverine and special operations. The prototype weighs 5.5 tons.
Fighting Terrorism with Persistent Area Surveillance
| 09/06/2017
How do the political and social changes in the Middle East affect the development of weapon systems by the defense industries? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of the HLS activity of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), offers an interesting answer to this question. Sofrin, who served as head of the Mossad's intelligence & analysis division and as the IDF Chief Field Intelligence Officer, says: "The disintegration of the states in Middle East, which began in Tunis in 2010, led to dramatic changes in our region.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will provide the EHUD air combat maneuvering instrumentation (ACMI) system to the Israeli Air Force (IAF) to be used by the Corps' training between combat aircraft and the Lavi jet trainers. The IAF has ordered the ACMI systems from IAI's MALAM Division. The EHUD will be mounted on the IAF's various combat aircraft as part of the training schedule until the installation of fixed systems.
US National Security: Bombs vs. Intellect in the Absence of "Wise Counsel"
| 12/06/2017
"For it is by wise counsel, Thou shalt make thy war." (Proverbs, 24:6)
US President Donald Trump's expressed preferences notwithstanding, core military problems in the Middle East and North Korea are not about ordnance. In essence, these problems do not center on the absence or non-use of increasingly heavy explosives. They can't ever be solved by more frequent or enhanced use of Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) weapons, or of any other "mother of all bombs" type-firepower.
Watch: S-400 Missile Systems Deployed in Syria
| 12/06/2017
IAI to Establish an Aircraft-Maintenance Training Center in China
| 12/06/2017
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a $10 million contract with the city of Shantou in Guangdong Province last week to build a training center where Israeli teams will teach the Chinese to maintain passenger aircraft.
The contract was signed as part of a conference for business cooperation between Israel and the Guangdong Province.
The company also signed an agreement with Gwangju Port in the province to build a robot that would increase the efficiency of container storage.
The Gulf Crisis: Rehearsals for a Shi'ite-Sunni War
| 11/06/2017
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain – a small Shiite-majority State governed by the Sunnis – Eastern Libya of Haftar and the "Council" of Cyrenaica, the Maldives, Yemen and the Mauritius have all broken off any political, diplomatic and economic relations with the Qatar Emirate, governed by Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani.
Northrop Grumman to Upgrade USAF's F-16 Radar
| 11/06/2017
The US Air Force selected Northrop Grumman Corporation’s APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) for its F-16 radar upgrade.
Northrop Grumman will upgrade 72 US Air National Guard F-16s to meet a US Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense.
The Growing Threat of Naval Mines in the Red Sea
| 11/06/2017
Since January 2017, the Saudi-led coalition forces discovered and dismantled naval mines that were set by Houthis and militias allied to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh near Yemen's coastline in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
A report issued by the US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in March 2017, warned merchant ships of the dangers of mines in Bab al-Mandeb near the Mokha port entrance.
Between the Opportunities in the Gulf & the "Chips" of the Six-Day War
| 09/06/2017
The current Qatar crisis puts the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and even the implications of the Six-Day War, which took place exactly fifty years ago, into proper proportion. The significance of this crisis cannot be overrated, however: the severing of relations between the countries of the Persian Gulf and their rich neighbor is a seminal event in the history of the region.
China Unveils Prototype of High-Speed Amphibious Combat Vehicle
| 09/06/2017
The North China Institute of Vehicle Research has disclosed details of a prototype high-speed amphibious combat vehicle.
The new high-speed amphibious combat vehicle has been developed for military littoral, riverine and special operations. The prototype weighs 5.5 tons.
Fighting Terrorism with Persistent Area Surveillance
| 09/06/2017
How do the political and social changes in the Middle East affect the development of weapon systems by the defense industries? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of the HLS activity of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), offers an interesting answer to this question. Sofrin, who served as head of the Mossad's intelligence & analysis division and as the IDF Chief Field Intelligence Officer, says: "The disintegration of the states in Middle East, which began in Tunis in 2010, led to dramatic changes in our region.
"For it is by wise counsel, Thou shalt make thy war." (Proverbs, 24:6)
US President Donald Trump's expressed preferences notwithstanding, core military problems in the Middle East and North Korea are not about ordnance. In essence, these problems do not center on the absence or non-use of increasingly heavy explosives. They can't ever be solved by more frequent or enhanced use of Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) weapons, or of any other "mother of all bombs" type-firepower.
Watch: S-400 Missile Systems Deployed in Syria
| 12/06/2017
IAI to Establish an Aircraft-Maintenance Training Center in China
| 12/06/2017
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a $10 million contract with the city of Shantou in Guangdong Province last week to build a training center where Israeli teams will teach the Chinese to maintain passenger aircraft.
The contract was signed as part of a conference for business cooperation between Israel and the Guangdong Province.
The company also signed an agreement with Gwangju Port in the province to build a robot that would increase the efficiency of container storage.
The Gulf Crisis: Rehearsals for a Shi'ite-Sunni War
| 11/06/2017
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain – a small Shiite-majority State governed by the Sunnis – Eastern Libya of Haftar and the "Council" of Cyrenaica, the Maldives, Yemen and the Mauritius have all broken off any political, diplomatic and economic relations with the Qatar Emirate, governed by Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani.
Northrop Grumman to Upgrade USAF's F-16 Radar
| 11/06/2017
The US Air Force selected Northrop Grumman Corporation’s APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) for its F-16 radar upgrade.
Northrop Grumman will upgrade 72 US Air National Guard F-16s to meet a US Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense.
The Growing Threat of Naval Mines in the Red Sea
| 11/06/2017
Since January 2017, the Saudi-led coalition forces discovered and dismantled naval mines that were set by Houthis and militias allied to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh near Yemen's coastline in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
A report issued by the US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in March 2017, warned merchant ships of the dangers of mines in Bab al-Mandeb near the Mokha port entrance.
Between the Opportunities in the Gulf & the "Chips" of the Six-Day War
| 09/06/2017
The current Qatar crisis puts the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and even the implications of the Six-Day War, which took place exactly fifty years ago, into proper proportion. The significance of this crisis cannot be overrated, however: the severing of relations between the countries of the Persian Gulf and their rich neighbor is a seminal event in the history of the region.
China Unveils Prototype of High-Speed Amphibious Combat Vehicle
| 09/06/2017
The North China Institute of Vehicle Research has disclosed details of a prototype high-speed amphibious combat vehicle.
The new high-speed amphibious combat vehicle has been developed for military littoral, riverine and special operations. The prototype weighs 5.5 tons.
Fighting Terrorism with Persistent Area Surveillance
| 09/06/2017
How do the political and social changes in the Middle East affect the development of weapon systems by the defense industries? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of the HLS activity of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), offers an interesting answer to this question. Sofrin, who served as head of the Mossad's intelligence & analysis division and as the IDF Chief Field Intelligence Officer, says: "The disintegration of the states in Middle East, which began in Tunis in 2010, led to dramatic changes in our region.
IAI to Establish an Aircraft-Maintenance Training Center in China
| 12/06/2017
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a $10 million contract with the city of Shantou in Guangdong Province last week to build a training center where Israeli teams will teach the Chinese to maintain passenger aircraft.
The contract was signed as part of a conference for business cooperation between Israel and the Guangdong Province.
The company also signed an agreement with Gwangju Port in the province to build a robot that would increase the efficiency of container storage.
The Gulf Crisis: Rehearsals for a Shi'ite-Sunni War
| 11/06/2017
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain – a small Shiite-majority State governed by the Sunnis – Eastern Libya of Haftar and the "Council" of Cyrenaica, the Maldives, Yemen and the Mauritius have all broken off any political, diplomatic and economic relations with the Qatar Emirate, governed by Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani.
Northrop Grumman to Upgrade USAF's F-16 Radar
| 11/06/2017
The US Air Force selected Northrop Grumman Corporation’s APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) for its F-16 radar upgrade.
Northrop Grumman will upgrade 72 US Air National Guard F-16s to meet a US Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense.
The Growing Threat of Naval Mines in the Red Sea
| 11/06/2017
Since January 2017, the Saudi-led coalition forces discovered and dismantled naval mines that were set by Houthis and militias allied to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh near Yemen's coastline in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
A report issued by the US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in March 2017, warned merchant ships of the dangers of mines in Bab al-Mandeb near the Mokha port entrance.
Between the Opportunities in the Gulf & the "Chips" of the Six-Day War
| 09/06/2017
The current Qatar crisis puts the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and even the implications of the Six-Day War, which took place exactly fifty years ago, into proper proportion. The significance of this crisis cannot be overrated, however: the severing of relations between the countries of the Persian Gulf and their rich neighbor is a seminal event in the history of the region.
China Unveils Prototype of High-Speed Amphibious Combat Vehicle
| 09/06/2017
The North China Institute of Vehicle Research has disclosed details of a prototype high-speed amphibious combat vehicle.
The new high-speed amphibious combat vehicle has been developed for military littoral, riverine and special operations. The prototype weighs 5.5 tons.
Fighting Terrorism with Persistent Area Surveillance
| 09/06/2017
How do the political and social changes in the Middle East affect the development of weapon systems by the defense industries? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of the HLS activity of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), offers an interesting answer to this question. Sofrin, who served as head of the Mossad's intelligence & analysis division and as the IDF Chief Field Intelligence Officer, says: "The disintegration of the states in Middle East, which began in Tunis in 2010, led to dramatic changes in our region.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a $10 million contract with the city of Shantou in Guangdong Province last week to build a training center where Israeli teams will teach the Chinese to maintain passenger aircraft.
The contract was signed as part of a conference for business cooperation between Israel and the Guangdong Province.
The company also signed an agreement with Gwangju Port in the province to build a robot that would increase the efficiency of container storage.
The Gulf Crisis: Rehearsals for a Shi'ite-Sunni War
| 11/06/2017
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain – a small Shiite-majority State governed by the Sunnis – Eastern Libya of Haftar and the "Council" of Cyrenaica, the Maldives, Yemen and the Mauritius have all broken off any political, diplomatic and economic relations with the Qatar Emirate, governed by Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani.
Northrop Grumman to Upgrade USAF's F-16 Radar
| 11/06/2017
The US Air Force selected Northrop Grumman Corporation’s APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) for its F-16 radar upgrade.
Northrop Grumman will upgrade 72 US Air National Guard F-16s to meet a US Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense.
The Growing Threat of Naval Mines in the Red Sea
| 11/06/2017
Since January 2017, the Saudi-led coalition forces discovered and dismantled naval mines that were set by Houthis and militias allied to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh near Yemen's coastline in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
A report issued by the US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in March 2017, warned merchant ships of the dangers of mines in Bab al-Mandeb near the Mokha port entrance.
Between the Opportunities in the Gulf & the "Chips" of the Six-Day War
| 09/06/2017
The current Qatar crisis puts the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and even the implications of the Six-Day War, which took place exactly fifty years ago, into proper proportion. The significance of this crisis cannot be overrated, however: the severing of relations between the countries of the Persian Gulf and their rich neighbor is a seminal event in the history of the region.
China Unveils Prototype of High-Speed Amphibious Combat Vehicle
| 09/06/2017
The North China Institute of Vehicle Research has disclosed details of a prototype high-speed amphibious combat vehicle.
The new high-speed amphibious combat vehicle has been developed for military littoral, riverine and special operations. The prototype weighs 5.5 tons.
Fighting Terrorism with Persistent Area Surveillance
| 09/06/2017
How do the political and social changes in the Middle East affect the development of weapon systems by the defense industries? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of the HLS activity of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), offers an interesting answer to this question. Sofrin, who served as head of the Mossad's intelligence & analysis division and as the IDF Chief Field Intelligence Officer, says: "The disintegration of the states in Middle East, which began in Tunis in 2010, led to dramatic changes in our region.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain – a small Shiite-majority State governed by the Sunnis – Eastern Libya of Haftar and the "Council" of Cyrenaica, the Maldives, Yemen and the Mauritius have all broken off any political, diplomatic and economic relations with the Qatar Emirate, governed by Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani.
Northrop Grumman to Upgrade USAF's F-16 Radar
| 11/06/2017
The US Air Force selected Northrop Grumman Corporation’s APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) for its F-16 radar upgrade.
Northrop Grumman will upgrade 72 US Air National Guard F-16s to meet a US Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense.
The Growing Threat of Naval Mines in the Red Sea
| 11/06/2017
Since January 2017, the Saudi-led coalition forces discovered and dismantled naval mines that were set by Houthis and militias allied to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh near Yemen's coastline in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
A report issued by the US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in March 2017, warned merchant ships of the dangers of mines in Bab al-Mandeb near the Mokha port entrance.
Between the Opportunities in the Gulf & the "Chips" of the Six-Day War
| 09/06/2017
The current Qatar crisis puts the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and even the implications of the Six-Day War, which took place exactly fifty years ago, into proper proportion. The significance of this crisis cannot be overrated, however: the severing of relations between the countries of the Persian Gulf and their rich neighbor is a seminal event in the history of the region.
China Unveils Prototype of High-Speed Amphibious Combat Vehicle
| 09/06/2017
The North China Institute of Vehicle Research has disclosed details of a prototype high-speed amphibious combat vehicle.
The new high-speed amphibious combat vehicle has been developed for military littoral, riverine and special operations. The prototype weighs 5.5 tons.
Fighting Terrorism with Persistent Area Surveillance
| 09/06/2017
How do the political and social changes in the Middle East affect the development of weapon systems by the defense industries? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of the HLS activity of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), offers an interesting answer to this question. Sofrin, who served as head of the Mossad's intelligence & analysis division and as the IDF Chief Field Intelligence Officer, says: "The disintegration of the states in Middle East, which began in Tunis in 2010, led to dramatic changes in our region.
The US Air Force selected Northrop Grumman Corporation’s APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) for its F-16 radar upgrade.
Northrop Grumman will upgrade 72 US Air National Guard F-16s to meet a US Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense.
The Growing Threat of Naval Mines in the Red Sea
| 11/06/2017
Since January 2017, the Saudi-led coalition forces discovered and dismantled naval mines that were set by Houthis and militias allied to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh near Yemen's coastline in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
A report issued by the US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in March 2017, warned merchant ships of the dangers of mines in Bab al-Mandeb near the Mokha port entrance.
Between the Opportunities in the Gulf & the "Chips" of the Six-Day War
| 09/06/2017
The current Qatar crisis puts the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and even the implications of the Six-Day War, which took place exactly fifty years ago, into proper proportion. The significance of this crisis cannot be overrated, however: the severing of relations between the countries of the Persian Gulf and their rich neighbor is a seminal event in the history of the region.
China Unveils Prototype of High-Speed Amphibious Combat Vehicle
| 09/06/2017
The North China Institute of Vehicle Research has disclosed details of a prototype high-speed amphibious combat vehicle.
The new high-speed amphibious combat vehicle has been developed for military littoral, riverine and special operations. The prototype weighs 5.5 tons.
Fighting Terrorism with Persistent Area Surveillance
| 09/06/2017
How do the political and social changes in the Middle East affect the development of weapon systems by the defense industries? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of the HLS activity of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), offers an interesting answer to this question. Sofrin, who served as head of the Mossad's intelligence & analysis division and as the IDF Chief Field Intelligence Officer, says: "The disintegration of the states in Middle East, which began in Tunis in 2010, led to dramatic changes in our region.
Since January 2017, the Saudi-led coalition forces discovered and dismantled naval mines that were set by Houthis and militias allied to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh near Yemen's coastline in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
A report issued by the US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in March 2017, warned merchant ships of the dangers of mines in Bab al-Mandeb near the Mokha port entrance.
Between the Opportunities in the Gulf & the "Chips" of the Six-Day War
| 09/06/2017
The current Qatar crisis puts the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and even the implications of the Six-Day War, which took place exactly fifty years ago, into proper proportion. The significance of this crisis cannot be overrated, however: the severing of relations between the countries of the Persian Gulf and their rich neighbor is a seminal event in the history of the region.
China Unveils Prototype of High-Speed Amphibious Combat Vehicle
| 09/06/2017
The North China Institute of Vehicle Research has disclosed details of a prototype high-speed amphibious combat vehicle.
The new high-speed amphibious combat vehicle has been developed for military littoral, riverine and special operations. The prototype weighs 5.5 tons.
Fighting Terrorism with Persistent Area Surveillance
| 09/06/2017
How do the political and social changes in the Middle East affect the development of weapon systems by the defense industries? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of the HLS activity of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), offers an interesting answer to this question. Sofrin, who served as head of the Mossad's intelligence & analysis division and as the IDF Chief Field Intelligence Officer, says: "The disintegration of the states in Middle East, which began in Tunis in 2010, led to dramatic changes in our region.
The current Qatar crisis puts the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and even the implications of the Six-Day War, which took place exactly fifty years ago, into proper proportion. The significance of this crisis cannot be overrated, however: the severing of relations between the countries of the Persian Gulf and their rich neighbor is a seminal event in the history of the region.
China Unveils Prototype of High-Speed Amphibious Combat Vehicle
| 09/06/2017
The North China Institute of Vehicle Research has disclosed details of a prototype high-speed amphibious combat vehicle.
The new high-speed amphibious combat vehicle has been developed for military littoral, riverine and special operations. The prototype weighs 5.5 tons.
Fighting Terrorism with Persistent Area Surveillance
| 09/06/2017
How do the political and social changes in the Middle East affect the development of weapon systems by the defense industries? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of the HLS activity of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), offers an interesting answer to this question. Sofrin, who served as head of the Mossad's intelligence & analysis division and as the IDF Chief Field Intelligence Officer, says: "The disintegration of the states in Middle East, which began in Tunis in 2010, led to dramatic changes in our region.
The North China Institute of Vehicle Research has disclosed details of a prototype high-speed amphibious combat vehicle.
The new high-speed amphibious combat vehicle has been developed for military littoral, riverine and special operations. The prototype weighs 5.5 tons.
Fighting Terrorism with Persistent Area Surveillance
| 09/06/2017
How do the political and social changes in the Middle East affect the development of weapon systems by the defense industries? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of the HLS activity of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), offers an interesting answer to this question. Sofrin, who served as head of the Mossad's intelligence & analysis division and as the IDF Chief Field Intelligence Officer, says: "The disintegration of the states in Middle East, which began in Tunis in 2010, led to dramatic changes in our region.
How do the political and social changes in the Middle East affect the development of weapon systems by the defense industries? Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of the HLS activity of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), offers an interesting answer to this question. Sofrin, who served as head of the Mossad's intelligence & analysis division and as the IDF Chief Field Intelligence Officer, says: "The disintegration of the states in Middle East, which began in Tunis in 2010, led to dramatic changes in our region.