Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel owes nearly $1 billion to its defense industry. Officials said the Defense Ministry owes $810 million to Israeli defense contractors. The officials said the debt was largely to the top three defense firms — Israel Aerospace Industries, Elbit Systems and Rafael Advanced Defense System, the latter the producer […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has selected two defense majors to develop a solution to Hamas and Hizbullah attack tunnels. Officials said the Defense Ministry has assigned two defense contractors to develop a comprehensive system that would detect and prevent the infiltration of enemy tunnels into the Jewish state. The officials identified the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran said it shot down an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle on its way to the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the intercepted Israeli UAV was a radar-evading, stealth platform called Hermes-450. The UAV was said to have been shot down by air defense systems […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has sought to expand its defense market in South America. Israel has offered a range of new and surplus combat platforms to a range of countries in South America. This includes fighter-jets, unmanned aerial vehicles as well as satellites to such clients as Argentina, Brazil and Chile. “We […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Israel has sold advanced unmanned aerial vehicles to Mexico. Israel’s Aeronautics Defense Systems has reached agreement to supply two large UAVs to the Mexican military. The unmanned platform was identified as the Dominator XP, a medium-altitude, long-endurance system. Industry sources said the Israeli Defense Ministry approved the export of Dominator […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — An Israeli defense major has demonstrated a military-origin surveillance system for crowd control. Elbit Systems introduced its GroundEye persistent surveillance ground system to help secure Brazil’s Carnival. The company, which regards Brazil as a major potential market, used GroundEye to monitor the hundreds of thousands of people who attended […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, bypassing leading contractors, has awarded a border security project to a subsidiary of an Israeli defense firm. The Homeland Security Department awarded a contract worth up to $145 million to Elbit Systems of America for the supply of surveillance systems to integrated fixed towers. Under the contract, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has completed trials of a missile warning system for commercial aircraft. The Defense Ministry said it oversaw trials of the SkyShield missile warning system, developed by Israel’s Elbit Systems. The ministry said the tests of SkyShield, also known as C-Music laser-based defense system, were successful. “The experiments, carried […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has envisioned the design of unmanned aerial vehicles to attack enemy fighter-jets. The Israel Air Force has been examining the prospect of a new generation of UAVs that could intercept enemy warplanes. The proposal to the Air Force was meant to reduce dependence on expensive manned aircraft platforms, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has reported the interception of an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle. Hamas’ military wing, Izzedin Kassam Brigades, said it shot down an Israeli UAV in the northern Gaza Strip. This marked the first claim of the seizure of an Israeli UAV by Hamas or its Palestinian militia allies. “The […]