https://spacewatch.global/tag/israel-aerospace-industries-iai/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 11 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/israel-aerospace-industries-iai/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/israel-to-return-to-moon-after-2019-beresheet-crash/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28967&preview=true&preview_id=28967 https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/frontex-border-control-maritime-surveillance-2/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27467&preview=true&preview_id=27467 Frontex selects Airbus and Heron for maritime surveillance]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/iai-wins-bid-to-build-dror-1-communications-satellite-for-israeli-government/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18440 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will develop and build Israel’s national communication satellite, the "Dror 1." ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/david-pollack-to-step-down-as-ceo-from-israels-spacecom/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16847 David Pollack, the long-serving Chief Executive Officer of Israeli satellite communications company Spacecom, is to step down after 24 years with the company.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/race-is-on-to-supply-high-resolution-earth-observation-satellites-to-vietnam/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16741 Earth observation satellite manufacturers from France, Israel, Japan, Russia, and the United States are vying to build a high-resolution imaging satellite for Vietnam, according to French online publication Intelligence Online.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/firefly-aerospace-and-israel-aerospace-industries-enter-exclusive-agreement-for-u-s-commercialization-of-lunar-lander-technology/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15062 Firefly Aerospace has announced that it has signed an Intellectual Property and Engineering Support Agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for technology based on its Beresheet Lunar Lander. Firefly Aerospace is one of the nine companies selected by NASA to participate in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver science payloads to the surface of the Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/israeli-moon-lander-beresheet-successfully-enters-lunar-orbit/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 05:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13388 The Beresheet lunar lander built and operated by Israeli not-for-profit company SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), and launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 22 February 2019, has successfully arrived in Lunar orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/israels-iai-unveils-ada-o-capability-to-counter-gnss-jammers/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13002 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is introducing ADA-O, an additional development in the Adaptive Antenna (ADA) lineup, which addresses satellite jammers to ensure Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) availability for land platforms. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/israels-spaceil-and-iai-complete-beresheet-lunar-lander-launch-expected-february-2019/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12031 Israeli not-for-profit SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) completed the construction of the SpaceIL lunar lander and, in a ceremony at IAI facilities prior to being shipped to Cape Canaveral, placed a time capsule on board the spacecraft that will stay on the Moon indefinitely.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/israels-iai-to-build-four-tecsar-satellites-for-u-s-company-xpresssar/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11462 XpressSAR Inc. of Arlington, Virginia and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to purchase from IAI a constellation of up to four TecSAR synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites along with associated support services for launch, in-orbit testing, commissioning, and establishing ground operations to control the constellation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/israels-iai-ordered-to-pay-spacecom-10-million-for-amos-6-loss/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11168 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been ordered to pay Spacecom U.S.$10 million for the late delivery of the AMOS-6 communications satellite that ended up being destroyed in a launchpad explosion of the SpaceX Falcon 9 it was sitting upon in 2016.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/israeli-government-comptroller-says-israel-space-agency-underfunded-vulnerable-to-national-security-failings/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 05:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10973 Israel’s civilian space programme is in crisis due to chronic underfunding and the continuous outsourcing of satellite communications acquisitions to foreign satellite manufacturers, according to the annual report of the Israeli State Comptroller.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/israels-iai-developing-nanosatellite-constellation-for-persistent-overhead-reconnaissance/ Mon, 08 Oct 2018 05:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10731 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing a large constellation of Earth observation nanosatellites to provide persistent overhead reconnaissance and ballistic missile early warning over countries and areas of concern to Israeli national security, as a supplement to Israel’s existing satellite reconnaissance capabilities and U.S. ballistic missile early warning satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/israels-spacecom-cancels-amos-8-satellite-order-with-space-systems-loral/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 05:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10570 After the Israeli government’s decision to subsidize Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to build the AMOS-8 communications satellite, Spacecom has informed U.S. satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SSL) that it is cancelling its March 2018 contract for them to build the satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/israel-aerospace-industries-to-cooperate-with-effective-space-for-satellite-servicing/ Thu, 13 Sep 2018 05:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10397 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed a cooperation agreement with New Space satellite servicing company Effective Space where IAI will be the prime contractor for Effective Space’s SPACE DRONETM capability in return for IAI securing equity investment for Effective Space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/israeli-government-to-subsidise-build-of-amos-8-communications-satellite-by-iai-ssl-out-of-the-running/ Thu, 06 Sep 2018 05:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10288 The Israeli government has made the decision to subsidize Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in designing and building a communications satellite following the decision by Spacecom earlier this year to tap U.S. satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SSL) to build its AMOS-8 satellite instead of giving the contract to IAI.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/07/singapore-targeted-by-frances-thales-alenia-space-for-high-resolution-earth-observation-satellite/ Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9437 Thales Alenia Space, one of France’s leading satellite manufacturers, is mounting an intense marketing campaign in Singapore to sell the small Southeast-Asian city-state a high-resolution Earth observation satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/07/israel-to-be-fourth-country-on-the-moon-in-2019-thanks-to-spaceil/ Thu, 12 Jul 2018 07:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9423 Israel’s SpaceIL has announced that it will launch its Moon probe on a SpaceX launch vehicle, to land in February 2019. If successful, the SpaceIL lunar mission will make Israel the fourth-ever country to land on the Moon, after the Soviet Union, U.S., and China.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/israels-spacecom-struggling-to-come-up-with-amos-8-deposit-for-space-systems-loral/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9220 Israel’s Spacecom has again extended the time period it needs to raise funds for its initial deposit for U.S. Satellite manufacturer SpaceSystems/Loral (SSL) to build its AMOS-8 satellite, but the process – and payment -- has been mired in delays.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/israeli-government-to-make-decision-on-home-grown-or-u-s-built-satellite/ Fri, 22 Jun 2018 05:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9106 The Israeli government will shortly come to a decision on the manufacturer for its own satellite - and this has become a hot topic in industry and political circles. Perhaps somewhat controversially, Israeli satellite operator Spacecom decided to purchase its next satellite, AMOS-8, from Space Systems Loral, an American satellite manufacturer, rather than the indigenous IAI, which had previously been the manufacturer of choice for satellite missions and has provided satellites for the Ministry of Defence and other businesses both in Israel and internationally.]]>