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Israel’s defense industries are among the world leaders in offering defense and security oriented
optronic applications based on innovative, state of the art technologies that have evolved at Israel’s
scientific research establishments. Nurtured at Israel’s academic institutions, and actively supported
by the Israel Ministry of Defense and armed forces, this knowhow is shared by the country’s EO
specialist companies evolving into highly sophisticated products.

Israel's electro-optical industry provides everything from basic components to complete multi-sensor
systems. Israel is among a few countries producing advanced cooled and uncooled thermal imaging
sensors, employing all usable bands of the IR spectrum. Ultimately, thermal imagers, lasers, and
video cameras are integrated into gimbaled and stabilized payloads to support observation,
reconnaissance, targeting, and force protection applications.

Israel's optronic industries and academic research centers are at the forefront of technology in the
fields of lasers. Typical systems include the latest eyesafe, diode-pumped laser, fiber-laser and other
technologies, integrated into miniaturized laser-based systems employed in numerous applications
including rangefinders, countermeasures, laser radar and indoor navigation. Higher power lasers are
employed for target designators, guidance, counter-IED and EOD missions.

In the field of Image Intensification (I2) and Thermal Imaging (TI) state-of-the art Israeli systems are
employed with military forces worldwide. These systems are known for their superior visibility, night
vision, dust and smoke penetration capability and high reliability. Israeli based EO companies are
relying on indigenous, top performance, miniature thermal engines, designed for cooled or uncooled
operation, embedded in systems of all sizes from miniature stabilized payloads for mini-UAVs to
large, high resolution camera payload for reconnaissance satellites.