Turkey To Go Ahead With Israeli UAV Deal
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Countries, Elbit, Events, IAI, Israel, Military Aviation, Turkey, production program
The Turkish Government announced yesterday that they are willing to take delivery of six of the ten Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) reconnaissance systems purchased from Israeli companies. The six systems passed performance tests and this will allow Israel to ship them to Turkey. Another four systems that were part of the contract will have to pass similar tests to be delivered.
Israel has been progressively trying to sell equipment to foreign customers and has had some success with Turkey and India. This contract was let five years ago and was a major coup for Elbit and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) when they won it. Some development issues have led to the long delivery period. Israel’s defense establishment hopes to garner further sales of such equipment as these UAV demonstrate their capabilities for Turkey.
Navistar Continues Foreign Sales Of Systems
Navistar announced that it has been able to sell tactical vehicles to Israel. Despite not winning the U.S. MRAP-ATV contract these kind of sales...Israel To Buy The F-35 If Their Conditions Met
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Department of Defense, Events, FMS, Israel, Lockheed Martin, Military Aviation, Services, U.S. Air Force, development program, production program
Israel would like to buy the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to add modern, stealthy aircraft to its fleet of F-15 and F1-6 aircraft. As with the previous generation of United States aircraft they would also like the ability to integrate their own electronics and weapon systems on it. The Israelis have done this with all the weapons they have bought or captured over the years.
They rely on their own sophisticated defense industry to develop systems that they would like to put on the various platforms that they operate. The U.S. has resisted the Israeli requests in a bid to protect the technology and systems developed for the F-35. The Israelis have been negotiating this issue for several months and have won most of what they want but the desire to put their own electronic warfare system has things stymied. The U.S. will allow radar and weapons to be added but do not want to open the software at that level to Israel.
The contract could be for up to seventy-five aircraft total making Israel one of the largest purchasers and would certainly help the program facing budget issues and delays. The more that the U.S. is able to sell overseas the lower the average price of an aircraft will be. It behooves the U.S., Lockheed Martin and Israel to work out some sort of deal as the advanced capability of this aircraft will only help Israel in the future.
Israel needs Patriot missiles — advocate
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Israel lacks the missile defense protection needed to deter a ballistic strike from Iran, making it a candidate for U.S. defense assistance, an advocate says.
Israel get two German submarines
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Israel has taken delivery of two German-made submarines capable of launching missiles with nuclear warheads.
DSIT touts underwater security systems
GIVAT SHMUEL, Israel, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Israeli-based DSIT Solutions Ltd. announced it secured orders for its diver detection sonar system for underwater security system needs.
S. Korea buying Israeli radars
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- South Korea has confirmed plans to buy Israel's Green Pine radar warning system.
Israeli troops get plasma screens
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The Israeli military has launched a program to provide combat units with portable digital maps of their operational areas and a three-dimensional picture of the battlefield.
M.D. Peled to distribute UNDT threat kits
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Universal Detection Technology has signed an agreement with M.D. Peled Consulting and Engineering Services for the company to distribute its products in Israel.
ELTA fits Flight Guard on Israeli jets
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- ELTA Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries, has won a contract to supply its Flight Guard self-protection system to commercial aircraft in Israel.
South Korea to buy Israel’s Green Pine
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Amid growing concern about North Korea's expanding ballistic missile capabilities, South Korea has said it will buy Israel's advanced Green Pine radar system, which is used with the Jewish state's principal missile killer, the Arrow-2.
Israel air force to get RADA systems
NETANYA, Israel, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The Israeli Defense Ministry has contracted RADA Electronic Industries to deliver its digital video recorder technologies to the Israeli air force.
Israel eyes big arms sales in Africa
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's recent five-country tour of Africa was more about building up intelligence links and selling arms than diplomacy, according to one Israeli intelligence specialist.
Israel’s bid for F-35s stalls
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Israel's drive to acquire Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters has been stalled by the Pentagon's refusal to allow the Israeli air force to integrate its own systems into the aircraft.
Israel eyeing Africa arms exports
ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Nigeria has signed a $25 million deal with Israel Shipyards for the construction and delivery of two Shaldag patrol boats.
Israel not wary of MiG sale to Syria
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- At least four MiG warplanes that Russia is set to deliver to Syria lack offensive capabilities, allaying concerns among the military brass in Tel Aviv, Israeli news reports said Tuesday.
U.S. may ‘redeploy BDM in Israel’
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Israeli officials say there is a "strong possibility" that the United States will leave missile defense systems in the Jewish state after a joint missile defense exercise planned for October is concluded, according to The Jerusalem Post.
British contract Radwin for broadband tech
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The British Defense Ministry has contracted Radwin to deliver its wireless broadband technologies to support troops' communication capabilities in Afghanistan.
U.S. to relocate missile defense system
WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Washington may relocate the controversial missile defense system planned for Eastern Europe to the Balkans, Turkey or Israel, a Polish newspaper reports.
Israeli firm makes UAVs for U.S.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Israel-based Aeronautics Defense Systems will build two additional demonstrators for the unmanned version of the two-engine, propeller-driven Diamond DA42 for the U.S. market, according to Flight Global.
Raytheon missile system pitch for Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Raytheon Co., the world's biggest missile maker, says it is developing a new anti-missile system that could beef up Israel's defense against Iran as early as 2013.
Finland contracts Elbit for com technology
HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The Finnish Ministry of Defense has contracted Elbit Systems Ltd. to deliver radio and data transmission communication technologies.
Port of Miami taps Nice for video system
RA'ANANA, Israel, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Security authorities at the Port of Miami have selected Nice Systems to install its Internet Protocol-based video surveillance technology.
Israel Buying Armored Trucks In The U.S.
Filed under: Alabama, Arotech, Business Line, Companies, Countries, Earnings, Events, Israel, Michigan, States, logistics, production program
Arotech Corporation of Michigan reported their recent quarterly earnings. The company still performed at a loss but compared to the same quarter last year saw strong improvement. The company almost halved its loss from $1.9 million to $1 million on revenues that were up almost $3.5 million.
One of the prime reasons for this growth in revenues was the sale of armored trucks, the David, to Israel. The company also makes simulators and armored plate for the military market as well as some commercial products. It’s subsidiary, MDT Armor Corp, makes the David in Alabama.
Israel like the U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan and Iraq faces a significant mine and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) threat. The provision of a armored truck makes sense as they must move supplies and troops by road along dangerous borders with the Gaza Strip or West Bank. The David is considered an “ultra light armored personnel carrier” that can defeat small arms and grenades as well as lighter IED attacks. The market for these kinds of vehicles is fairly significant as they can be used for internal security missions as well as light combat duty.
Unfortunately there are many parts of the world where military and police face these kind of threats from terrorist and insurgent groups. The David is one of several kinds of vehicles that would be useful in these kind of situations to move small groups of troops or supplies.
Egypt To Upgrade Their M1 Tank Fleet
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Egypt, Events, General Dynamics, Services, U.S. Army, logistics, production program
The Egyptian Government moved to buy equipment to upgrade their M1 tank manufacturing line. The tank has been produced their under agreement with the U.S. and General Dynamics. GD signed a contract worth about $45 million to provide the tools, gauges, fixtures and machine tools. This will allow the line to produce an upgraded variant of the tank.
The U.S. has been providing Egypt with significant amounts of modern equipment as part of the aid promised once they signed the peace agreement with Israel. This has extended to aircraft, radars, vehicles and other hardware. There has also been training, maintenance and production help. Prior to this the Egyptians relied on Soviet designed and made equipment as they fought the four wars with Israel between 1948 and 1973.
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