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Israel Aerospace Industries is an Israeli aerospace and defence company.[1]

Israel Aerospace Industries was established in 1953 as Bedek Aviation Company. The Company worked closely with the Israeli Air Force (IAF) to meet its needs.[2]

Bedek Aviation was an "all-purpose service and supplies" outfit, situated in a hangar in the coastal plains in the center of Israel. The Company was led by American Al Schwimmer, with the support of David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister, and Shimon Peres, then Director General of the Ministry of Defense.[2]

Missile Defence

IAI is currently developing the The Arrow anti-tactical ballistic missile in cooperation with the Israel Ministry of Defense and the US Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.[2]

External Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ Profile, Israel Aerospace Industries, accessed 9 March 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 IAI and the Security of Israel, Israel Aerospace Industries, accessed 10 March 2012.
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