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Updated · i24NEWS · Jun 2
Israel Defense Exports Hit Record $19.2 Billion in 2025 as GTG Deals Top $10 Billion
Updated
Updated · i24NEWS · Jun 2

Israel Defense Exports Hit Record $19.2 Billion in 2025 as GTG Deals Top $10 Billion

3 articles · Updated · i24NEWS · Jun 2
  • $19.2 billion in defense exports gave Israel a fifth straight annual record in 2025, up nearly 30% from 2024 and more than double the level of five years ago.
  • $10 billion of the total came from government-to-government agreements, while 53% of signed deals were worth more than $100 million, underscoring demand for large contracts.
  • Missile, rocket and air-defense systems led with 29% of deal volume, and observation and optronics jumped to 22% from 6% a year earlier.
  • Europe took the largest regional share at 36%, ahead of Asia-Pacific at 32%, as Israeli firms kept supplying the military and foreign customers under wartime conditions.
  • The ministry linked the surge to combat-proven performance since Oct. 7, 2023 — including Operation Rising Lion against Iran in June 2025 — and to reforms easing access to new markets.
With Ukraine's battle-tested drones and Europe's rearmament, is Israel's golden age of defense exports already nearing its end?
Can record arms sales save the Abraham Accords as regional anger over the wars in Gaza and Lebanon intensifies?