IAI's aerostructure products include wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35. (IAI)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is exploring buying or investing in companies in the United States to expand its aerostructures manufacturing footprint, according to a company official.

Such a transaction would complement the work IAI does in Israel for US defence contractors, including building wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-16 fighter jets and conformal fuel tanks for the Boeing F-15 fighter, said Amir Geva, IAI's executive vice-president for North America.

IAI's aerostructures customers are “very happy with what we [have] provided, so we do want to enlarge this activity”, Geva told Janes on 5 July. “And we do understand that in some cases, it would be better to do it in the US”, where local production is sometimes preferred.

A deal could be announced in late 2023 or early 2024, he said.

IAI's existing US presence includes missile business Stark Aerospace in Columbus, Mississippi; radar provider Elta North America in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, near Baltimore; and IAI North America's headquarters facility in Herndon, Virginia, near Washington, DC.

IAI's aerostructure products include wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35. (IAI)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is exploring buying or investing in companies in the United States to expand its aerostructures manufacturing footprint, according to a company official.

Such a transaction would complement the work IAI does in Israel for US defence contractors, including building wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-16 fighter jets and conformal fuel tanks for the Boeing F-15 fighter, said Amir Geva, IAI's executive vice-president for North America.

IAI's aerostructures customers are “very happy with what we [have] provided, so we do want to enlarge this activity”, Geva told Janes on 5 July. “And we do understand that in some cases, it would be better to do it in the US”, where local production is sometimes preferred.

A deal could be announced in late 2023 or early 2024, he said.

IAI's existing US presence includes missile business Stark Aerospace in Columbus, Mississippi; radar provider Elta North America in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, near Baltimore; and IAI North America's headquarters facility in Herndon, Virginia, near Washington, DC.

IAI's aerostructure products include wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35. (IAI)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is exploring buying or investing in companies in the United States to expand its aerostructures manufacturing footprint, according to a company official.

Such a transaction would complement the work IAI does in Israel for US defence contractors, including building wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-16 fighter jets and conformal fuel tanks for the Boeing F-15 fighter, said Amir Geva, IAI's executive vice-president for North America.

IAI's aerostructures customers are “very happy with what we [have] provided, so we do want to enlarge this activity”, Geva told Janes on 5 July. “And we do understand that in some cases, it would be better to do it in the US”, where local production is sometimes preferred.

A deal could be announced in late 2023 or early 2024, he said.

IAI's existing US presence includes missile business Stark Aerospace in Columbus, Mississippi; radar provider Elta North America in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, near Baltimore; and IAI North America's headquarters facility in Herndon, Virginia, near Washington, DC.

IAI's aerostructure products include wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35. (IAI)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is exploring buying or investing in companies in the United States to expand its aerostructures manufacturing footprint, according to a company official.

Such a transaction would complement the work IAI does in Israel for US defence contractors, including building wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-16 fighter jets and conformal fuel tanks for the Boeing F-15 fighter, said Amir Geva, IAI's executive vice-president for North America.

IAI's aerostructures customers are “very happy with what we [have] provided, so we do want to enlarge this activity”, Geva told Janes on 5 July. “And we do understand that in some cases, it would be better to do it in the US”, where local production is sometimes preferred.

A deal could be announced in late 2023 or early 2024, he said.

IAI's existing US presence includes missile business Stark Aerospace in Columbus, Mississippi; radar provider Elta North America in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, near Baltimore; and IAI North America's headquarters facility in Herndon, Virginia, near Washington, DC.

IAI's aerostructure products include wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35. (IAI)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is exploring buying or investing in companies in the United States to expand its aerostructures manufacturing footprint, according to a company official.

Such a transaction would complement the work IAI does in Israel for US defence contractors, including building wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-16 fighter jets and conformal fuel tanks for the Boeing F-15 fighter, said Amir Geva, IAI's executive vice-president for North America.

IAI's aerostructures customers are “very happy with what we [have] provided, so we do want to enlarge this activity”, Geva told Janes on 5 July. “And we do understand that in some cases, it would be better to do it in the US”, where local production is sometimes preferred.

A deal could be announced in late 2023 or early 2024, he said.

IAI's existing US presence includes missile business Stark Aerospace in Columbus, Mississippi; radar provider Elta North America in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, near Baltimore; and IAI North America's headquarters facility in Herndon, Virginia, near Washington, DC.

IAI's aerostructure products include wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35. (IAI)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is exploring buying or investing in companies in the United States to expand its aerostructures manufacturing footprint, according to a company official.

Such a transaction would complement the work IAI does in Israel for US defence contractors, including building wings for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-16 fighter jets and conformal fuel tanks for the Boeing F-15 fighter, said Amir Geva, IAI's executive vice-president for North America.

IAI's aerostructures customers are “very happy with what we [have] provided, so we do want to enlarge this activity”, Geva told Janes on 5 July. “And we do understand that in some cases, it would be better to do it in the US”, where local production is sometimes preferred.

A deal could be announced in late 2023 or early 2024, he said.

IAI's existing US presence includes missile business Stark Aerospace in Columbus, Mississippi; radar provider Elta North America in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, near Baltimore; and IAI North America's headquarters facility in Herndon, Virginia, near Washington, DC.