Tel Aviv. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), for the first time, will participate in the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. State owned IAI is the largest Israeli defence and aerospace company.

IAI will have its own booth with visual and interactive displays at the exhibition. IAI will exhibit a wide range of systems with an emphasis on aerospace systems, civil aviation, mission aircraft and more.

IAI stresses comprehensive operational solutions – system of systems, for a wide range of uses in the air, sea, land, space and in the cyber domain.

Throughout the exhibition, IAI will focus on promoting communication and local cooperation with local government agencies, defense forces, local industries and academic initiatives, in order to further expand the company’s activity in the region.

Boaz Levy, IAI’s President and CEO said that the company applauds the agreements signed by the two countries, agreements that open a window for extended cooperation, sharing of knowledge, promoting investment, development and localization of joint technology.

“IAI sees our activities in the region as an opportunity to promote cooperation within the regional eco-system and is open to promoting defence as well as civilian endeavors on a range of topics, such as space and satellites, air defense and rocketry, intelligence, robotics, UAVs, cyber etc. This exhibition is a harbinger of long-term activity in the UAE and in the region as a whole.”

-The writer is an Israel-based freelance journalist