Israel’s defense exports reach record $19 billion in 2025
“[M]issile, rocket, and air defense systems continued to lead in 2025, accounting for over a quarter (29%) of total deal volume,” the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced today.
“[M]issile, rocket, and air defense systems continued to lead in 2025, accounting for over a quarter (29%) of total deal volume,” the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced today.
Both Elbit Systems and Rafael plan to attend Eurosatory, despite a new ban on Israeli government officials attending.
The company said approximately 71 percent of the backlog was for customers outside Israel.
“This procurement of Leopard tanks to Norway came at the right timing with the rebuilding of German armed forces and their tank fleet and we could join with KNDS and [the] German and Norwegian government[s] to create the new baseline of the Leopard,” EuroTrophy Managing Director Dan Kalfus told Breaking Defense.
The plan involves different defensive systems dispersed across small satellite ships, which can be connected to a mother ship in a disaggregated model.
From smart rifles to counter-drone drones, smaller Israeli firms say tech can counter the deadly battlefield development.
Details are still to come, but Israel plans to buy 25 each of Lockheed Martin's F-35 and the Israeli version of Boeing's F-15EX.
The MRIC centers around Israel’s famed Iron Dome and uses a truck-mounted Iron Dome launcher with Tamir interceptors.
The new artillery system is fully automatic and capable of firing at a rate of 6-8 rounds per minute, up to 40km in distance.
The announcement came before the US and Iran came to what has turned out to be a shaky ceasefire, one that didn't restrain Israel from striking targets in Lebanon.
Greece and Israel have become increasingly close partners in the Eastern Mediterranean in recent years.
Israel’s defense budget has undergone major increases in recent years, reflecting the country’s shift from low-level conflicts to a multi-front war that began on Oct. 7, 2023.
CEO Bezhalel Machlis revealed the 2025 contract during an investor meeting, while acknowledging the challenges of putting such precise tech in the sky.
"The decisions we made to expand and accelerate production lines in Israel before the operation will now allow us to take production rates to the next level," said Israeli MoD Director General Amir Baram.