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IDEX 2025: IAI pushes ahead with new systems as international interest is roused in Iron Dome

18th February 2025 - 08:10 GMT | by Damian Kemp in Abu Dhabi

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Arrow-4 will replace the operational Arrow-2 and would be cheaper to operate than the Arrow-3. (Photo: Israeli MoD/US MDA)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) CEO Boaz Levy spoke to Shephard about the company’s decades-long development of it missile portfolio, at a time when countries around the world have been demonstrating a growing appetite in procuring national missile defence systems.

The October 7 attack on Israel almost 18 months ago saw the nation’s forces respond followed by additional attacks on the country from Iran, Hezbollah and the Houthis in Yemen.

In the light of these events IAI ramped up production at its factories with three shifts a day, seven days a week, even as 2,000 of its workforce of 15,000 were recalled for military service.

The country’s Iron Dome and wider missile defence system proved essential in defeating long- and medium-range missiles, as well as UAVs and short-range improvised mortars and rockets.

IAI is in the process of improving the Arrow-3 missile which

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Damian Kemp has worked in the defence media for 25 years covering military aircraft, defence …

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