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During the conference, V. K Saraswat, the Chief Controller (R&D), DRDO and Chairman of the Aeronautical Society of India, presented the commercial Hyper Sonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle. This futuristic aircraft, which is scheduled to begin flying in coming years, is propelled by a new ramjet propulsion system. Part of its wind tunnel experiments are carried out by IAI.

Two guest lectures were given by Israelis:

- Yair Ramati, IAI's Corporate Vice President for Marketing, lectured on "Directions and Developments in Ramjet Propulsion Systems"

- Dr. Moshe Zilberman, a Marketing Director of IAI's Commercial Aircraft Group, lectured on "Experiments at IAI's Wind Tunnels in Hypersonic Speeds". The lecture was based on a paper prepared by Dr. Eng. Stephane Seror - Head of IAI's CFD Group - Project leader of Hypersonic R&D, Mr. Jacob Hefets - Manager of IAI's Hypersonic Wind Tunnel and D r. Moshe Zilberman.

June 27, 2007---The Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has received a Special UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) Type Permit from the Israel Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to operate in Israel airspace for non-military missions.

The CAA permit was issued after Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)'s Malat UAV Division successfully complied with the requirements and procedures established by the CAA to regulate all non-military UAV operations in Israel. The Director of the CAA appointed a special certification committee to review current and future civil UAV certification issues. The permit allows Heron UAV to be operated in full coordin ation with Israeli Air Traffic Control regulations. Heron is the first MALE UAV to be granted a civil permit to operate in Israeli airspace.

The Heron UAV will be able to operate in Israel airspace with various payload configurations such as Electro-Optics, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Maritime Patrol Radar.

The Heron is designed to perform all-weather intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions and is capable of endurance flight of more than 40 hours.

The Heron MALE system was recently delivered to the Israel Air Force.

Heron is part of Israel Aerospace Industries' family of

The President of India, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam (left), and IAI's President & CEO, Itzhak Nissan (right), at the conference.

UAVs that are operating all over the world. Malat, through extensive international teaming, manages comprehensive system development, integration and manufacturing of UAV systems that fulfill the interoperability, commonality, and connectivity requirements that users anticipate. Consequently, Malat has become an acknowledged UAV brand name, with more than 30 years of operational experience in system development, integration, manufacturing, providing integrated logistics support, depot maintenance and technical assistance to fielded operational systems.

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Israel Aerospace Industries' President & CEO, Itzhak Nissan, was a Guest of Honor at the Prestigious "High Speed Trans-atmospheric Air and Space Transportation" Conference in India

Jul 2, 2007--On Friday, June 29, 2007, a prestigious scientific conference dealing with high speed trans-atmospheric air and space transportation was inaugurated at the city of Hyderabad in India. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)'s President & CEO, Itzhak Nissan, was invited as a guest of honor to this main event. The conference was held with the participation of the Indian President, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, and senior representatives from the Aeronautical and Astronautical Societies in India.  In this international conference, various progressive aerospace and space related issues were discussed.

Mr. Nissan was invited to this conference in regard to his personal activities in India, where he lea ds a number of advanced technological projects.

In his lecture, IAI's President & CEO, Itzhak Nissan, thanked the President of India and the conference organizers for their invitation.

"IAI, the leading aerospace industry in Israel, is partner for a wide range of commercial and military projects in India. In these projects, we manage to express the capabilities that are mutual to both countries. We are proud to be partners with the superb capabilities demonstrated by the Indian development and manufacturing teams working on some of the most advanced projects in the world." Mr. Nissan added that: "IAI expresses profound appreciation for the high level of scientific level and motivation that can be found at India's research institutions and aerospace industry."

In his speech, the President of India, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, praised the growing cooperation between India and Israel at large and the cooperation with IAI in particular.

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