Defense Minister Bnei Gantz today (Monday) approved the recommendations of the Israel Security Award Committee for 2022, which will be awarded by President Yitzhak Herzog to three outstanding projects by the IDF, the Mossad, the Shin Bet, the Ministry of Defense and the defense industries. Including the Ofek observation satellite project.
In his statement, Ganz said that "The Israel Security Award reflects more than anything the integration of the arms of all security bodies. We see this on the battlefield every day, with the IDF, the GSS, the Mossad and the Israel Police working together.
"We see this in the integration of the industries and the security organizations in the various projects that break through and allow us security and technological superiority. I congratulate the winners of the award, who are at the forefront of hundreds of groundbreaking defense projects, made in blue and white. Israel's Security. "
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Launching the observation satellite // Photo: Spokes and Information Division, Ministry of Defense
The winning projects
The Ofek observation satellite project is shared by Mapat in the Ministry of Defense, the IDF Intelligence Division, IAI and Elbit Systems.
The Ofek series includes groundbreaking photo satellite systems, both in terms of performance and weight.
The satellites were designed, manufactured, and executed by IAI's "Space" plant - as the main contractor. The satellites are equipped with a camera developed and manufactured by Elbit Systems. With the aerospace industry, the station and the satellites serve the security system 365 days a year, 24 hours a day and provide quality and reliable intelligence in real time.
A project of Unit 8200 in the Intelligence Division of the IDF, the Mossad, the Shin Bet and the Ministry of Defense in the Ministry of Defense, which aims to develop self-sufficient, groundbreaking capabilities in diverse and unique ways. Bold and innovative, while facing enormous technological challenges.The success of the project is the main cornerstone of a wide range of activities, which have contributed directly and very often to the security of the State of Israel.
A project of the Mossad, the R&D unit in Mapat in the Ministry of Defense and the defense industries, which aims to maintain the qualitative advantage of the State of Israel in the face of strategic threats.
The award committee consists of committee secretary Asher Wagner, chairman of the committee, Maj. Gen. Doron Almog, and members of the committee, Maj. Gen. Amir Abulafia and Prof. Eli Biham. And senior members of the defense establishment.
Ofek 16 satellite, Photo: Spokeswoman and Information Department, Ministry of Defense
Israel Security Award
The awarding of the Israel Defense Forces Award was decided by the Prime Minister and the first Minister of Defense, David Ben-Gurion, who wanted to give expression to the contribution of research and development personnel to the security of the State of Israel.
The award is named after the late Eliyahu Golomb, the uncrowned commander of the Defense Organization.
Among the projects that have won the Israel Defense Forces in the past are the Uzi, the Galilee, the Kfir plane, the Gabriel missile, the Popeye missile, the Mark 3 chariot tank, Rafael's air-to-air missile family from Shafrir (in the 60s) to Python 4 (in the's) 90), Missile defense systems - the "Arrow", the "Arrow 3" interceptor, "Iron Dome", the "Windbreaker" system for active protection of tanks and APCs against the firing of anti-tank missiles, ZID system, Discovery project The tunnels, the hack into the Iranian nuclear archive and more.
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