Tag: Israel Aerospace Industries
New model by Israel Aerospace Industries uses AI to forecast changes in COVID-19 patients
Israeli defense company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a model that predicts changes from one day to the next in the medical status of COVID-19 patients, using artificial intelligence, big data and machine-learning...
Israel successfully tests state-of-the-art LORA missile system
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Tuesday that it had completed a successful test of its new, state-of-the-art ballistic missile system, which has a 400-kilometer (249-mile) range.
According to IAI, the test was conducted in...
Israeli defense minister confirms unrestricted entry of hundreds from pandemic hot spots
Hundreds of Israelis returning from countries with high coronavirus infection rates have entered Israel without being tested or sent into quarantine, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett admitted on Tuesday.
He was responding to a Channel 12 report,...
Israel Aerospace Industries works with startups developing quantum technology
Israel’s largest aerospace company has announced a new program for assisting startups, some of which develop up-and-coming quantum technology.
Elta systems, a division of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is teaming up with the Boston-based MassChallenge...
Israel’s second attempt to land aircraft on moon just years away, says engineer
A representative from the Israel Aerospace Industries talked on Tuesday about Israel’s continued hopes of becoming the fourth country to land softly on the moon, following a failed attempt in April.
Israel’s “Beresheet” aircraft crashed on the moon...
After lunar crashing, SpaceIL announces Beresheet 2.0
SpaceIL chairman Morris Kahn announced on Saturday that there will be a second Beresheet lunar spacecraft, following the first Israeli moon mission ending unsuccessfully last week when the spacecraft crashed into the moon’s surface.
“I’ve decided that we are...
Israeli spacecraft ‘Beresheet’ passes Earth one last time ahead of lunar landing
The Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” passed Earth for the final time on Sunday as it is expected to enter the moon’s orbit on Thursday.
When the spacecraft enters the moon’s orbit, it will perform a complex...
Chassidic rocket scientist overcame Soviet oppression to guide Israel’s space launch to the moon
One of the chief engineers involved in the creation and post-launch supervision of the moon-bound Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” is a Chabad-Lubavitch Chassid who overcame Soviet oppression and anti-Semitism to play a leading role in Israel’s public and private space programs.
Mathematician...
‘Beresheet’ spacecraft hits snag after onboard computer restarts, still on time to land
The “Beresheet” lunar spacecraft’s latest maneuver attempt was postponed after the space craft’s on-board computer executed an unexpected independent restart, causing the device to miss a scheduled trajectory adjustment, according to engineers on Tuesday.
According...
The space race in the Middle East
A team of Israeli scientists launched what will be the first privately funded mission to land on the moon on Feb. 22, 2019. The craft, named “Beresheet” (Hebrew for “in the beginning” and the...