In one year of war, with challenges of struggle with political challenges abroad, including defense exporting companies by 20.7% from 20,73 and twice the amount of five years ago, the Ministry of Defense treats.
The main demand machine is Europe, where defense budgets increase due to Russian war, Ukraine, and the proportion of the exports of Israel jumped from 35% to 54%. An intriguing increase during the war has been in the Abraham accords countries, which, after falling from 24% to only 3% in 2023, jumped again to 12% in 2024. In contrast, a sharp, the largest destination until 23%.
“There is a difficulty in Asia-Pacific, but even there we try to adapt ourselves to the markets,” says the Ministry of Defense Defense defense defense defense (spear) Head Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yair Kulas. The ministry explains the challenge of Asia, similar to other markets, including US and Europe, by demand for local production. Today, Indian policy (the largest destination of exporting to Israel) and other countries so as part of the deals, they receive, and other production will be done there. “We understand that we need to allow our industry related, because even the Tenders of NATO in a local subsidiary is required.”
Another record achieves the value of deals, with the first time, more than half of the deals worth $ 100 million or more. According to the spear, there was a jump last year from 40% to 56.8% of the transactions in this order. At the same time, 17.4% of the total deal from small transactions up to $ 10 million, 16.3% in the range of $ 10-100 million. “We support a fight policy for each agreement,” stresses in the kisas. “Even if it’s a small system and a limited market, we work there.”
The main deal of deal is G2G (government government). Israel’s major clients like Greece, want G2G because of government an umbrella in the agreement and ability to work in a transaction of many industries in Israel. Thus, the total G2G of Perminati transactions in the defense of the world’s corresponding reaches a record of $ 6.7 billion. This means 45% of the exports of Israeli defense last year led by the Ministry of Defense.
The Air Defense is led by demand
The war produced great challenge for Israeli defense industries. Companies should be given the requirement of Israeli, sometimes to spending delay in delivering customers abroad, or if possible double and more number of production lines. At the same time, the war increased demand for products more because they “tried the combat” – proven by battle.
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“The combination of industries, IDFs and Ministry of Defense is attractive in the world,” says Kulas. “If engineers in industries are served at reserves and then return to progress, it is unique in Israel. It brings an increase in global needs.”
Global needs are led by air defense systems, especially because of Russia-Ukraine War, seeing widespread use of missiles, and above all drones. The success of Israel in dealing with ever since Iranian attacks in April and October last year setting a focus for growing international field demand, and it also appears in spear data. About 48% of the exports of Israeli defense in 2024 airport systems. That is, almost equal to all other Israeli deals together. In 2023, for comparison, air defense systems deemed to be “only” 36% of the number of deals. Growth of the same proportion of large deals ($ 100 million or more) and the proportion of the Defense Industries of Israel in Finland 323 for Atonement in the Arossop in Finland for about $ 360 million.
2024 numbers do not show international interest in laser-based Air Defense System System Symbol Seam. Development is being LED by the Ministry of Defense Directorate of Defense, Research and Development (DDR & D) (Mafat) and Rafael. The Kulas said to the Iron of Kulas,
The areas where the IAI stands are satellites and spaces, as well as the radar and electronic war, which each is worth 8% of exports. On July 2024, Iai reportedly sold satellites in Morocco, a nation of Abraham who recounted, for about $ 1 billion. A hilarious trend can be found in drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In 2022, it is considered for about 25% of the total deal, while in 2023 they fall by 4% only – and this year they have a lot 1%.
In November, Elbit announced that it obtained contracts worth $ 335 million to maintain Hermes 900 defense systems and defense systems. The contracts, to take over three and a half years, also include supply to puls rocket launchers. The weapons, bullets and arms are worth about 2% of exports and about 3% of the overall income last year.
Problems following war
The first half of 2025 was about to end, and despite the inspiring data, the spear’s head claimed to be facing a large challenge. “The images from Gaza and accusations in Hague have an effect. It increases the challenge of the ministry, and we need to see how we can deal with.”
Another difficulty is located in the supply of chains – a challenge starting during Covid Pandemic and has worsened at houte attacks on hout hout attacks in the Houte Attacks at Ben Gurion Airport.
Kulas said the war promotes the advantages of the Israeli defensive companies, which have not seen a whole profit, and a rival of an hour of arrival at a time of arrival.
Published in Globes, Israel News in News – en.globes.co.il – On June 4, 2025.
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