Israel Aerospace names new chief executive

By Reuters 21 July 2026, 3:13 pm

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Visitors stand at the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) booth at the Eurosatory international land and air defense and security trade fair, in Villepinte, a northern suburb of Paris, on June 13, 2022. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

State-run Israel Aerospace Industries has named Guy Barlev as chief executive to replace Boaz Levy, who became chairman in May, it says.

Barlev, a retired brigadier general, served as executive vice president and the general manager of IAI’s Systems Missiles & Space Group for the past six years, having joined IAI in 2016.

IAI, one of Israel’s largest defense contractors, says that Barlev headed the group that was responsible for a range of groundbreaking technological developments and systems critical to the defence of Israel.

His appointment requires government approval.

The state is planning a partial privatization of IAI as early as this year.