Military equipment of Israel

During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the military equipment in the IDF was very diverse and inconsistent. This was due to the severe limitation in obtaining war materiel (the British Mandate and the Arab embargo). During the 1950s, the IDF began the process of standardization, relying primarily on French military equipment.

During the Six-Day War, the military cooperation with France ceased (the French Weapons Embargo of 1967) and Israel began to rely on American weaponry and on local research and development. During the 1980s and 1990s, the IDF increased its supplies of American arms, armor and aircraft, aiming for technological superiority over Arab countries, toward "a smaller, smarter army".

The reliance on locally manufactured military equipment has also greatly increased. Today, the overwhelming majority of Israel's military equipment is either manufactured in the United States (and often modified in Israeli workshops), or is developed and manufactured locally, with an increasing emphasis on advanced technology, including aerospace and electronics.

Some of the military equipment developed locally have been:

Note there are multiple sources and these provide different figures:

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In Service
				By INSS	By FlightGlobal	By IISS
Fighter aircraft
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II	United States	stealth multirole fighter	F-35I "Adir"	9	50 order	75 total.[21]
Boeing F-15 Eagle	United States	air superiority fighter	F-15A "Baz"	${\displaystyle {\Bigg \}}}$ 52[22]	${\displaystyle {\Big \}}}$ 42[23]	16[24]
			F-15C "Baz"			17[24]
			F-15B "Baz"		${\displaystyle {\Big \}}}$ 16[23]	6[24]
			F-15D "Baz"			11[24]
Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle	United States	strike fighter	F-15I "Ra'am"	25[22]	25[23]	25[24]
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon	United States	multirole fighter	F-16A "Netz"	${\displaystyle {\Big \}}}$ 107[22]	${\displaystyle {\Big \}}}$ 63[23][25]	77[24]
			F-16B "Netz"			16[24]
			F-16C "Barak"	${\displaystyle {\Big \}}}$ 136[22]	77[23][25]	78[24]
			F-16D "Barak"		49[23][25]	49[24]
			F-16I "Sufa"	100[22]	99[23]	99[24]
Trainer aircraft
Grob G-120	Germany	trainer aircraft	G-120AI "Snunit"	27[22]	17[23]	17[24]
Beechcraft T-6 Texan II	United States	trainer aircraft	T-6A "Efroni"	19[22]	20[23]	20[24]
McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk	United States	ground attack / trainer	A-4N, TA-4H/J "Ayit"	20[22]	20[26]	46[24]
Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master	Italy	transonic jet trainer	M-346 "Lavi"		2 (30)[27]
Transport / Aerial refueling / Aerial firefighting / Utility / Signals intelligence / Maritime patrol / Airborne early warning (AEW)
Air Tractor AT-802	United States	aerial firefighting	AT-802F	8[22]	7[23]	3[24]
Beechcraft Bonanza	United States	utility	A-36 "Khofit"	22[22]	–	22[24]
Beechcraft Super King Air (C-12 Huron)	United States	utility / transport / trainer	B-200/T/CT "Tzofit"	${\displaystyle {\Big \}}}$ 29[22]	${\displaystyle {\Big \}}}$ 29[23]	22[24]
		EW / ELINT / SIGINT	RC-12D/K "Kookiya"			6[24]
IAI SeaScan	Israel	maritime patrol	1124N "Shahaf"	3[22]	3[23]	3[24]
Gulfstream G550	United States	SEMA	G500 "Nahshon-Shavit"	3[22]	3[23]	3[24]
		CAEW	G550 "Nahshon-Eitam"	2[22]	2[23]	2[24]
Lockheed C-130 Hercules	United States	tactical transport	C-130E "Qarnaf"	${\displaystyle {\Big \}}}$ 12[22]	${\displaystyle {\Big \}}}$ 12[23]	5[24]
			C-130H "Qarnaf"			6[24]
		aerial refueling	KC-130H "Qarnaf"	3[22]	4[23]	4[24]
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules	United States	tactical transport	C-130J "Shimshon"	-	1 (4)[28]	-
Boeing 707	United States	heavy transport / EW	707 "Re'em"	8[22]	1[23]	3[24]
		aerial refueling	KC-707 "Saknai"	5[22]	8[23]	7[24]
Helicopters
Bell AH-1 Cobra	United States	attack helicopter	AH-1"Tzefa"	33[22]	49[23]	47[24]
Eurocopter Panther	France	maritime patrol	AS-565SA "Atalef"	5[22]	6[23]	7[24]
Boeing AH-64 Apache	United States	attack helicopter	AH-64A "Peten"	30[22]	26[29]	27[24]
			AH-64D "Saraph"	17[22]	22[29]	17[24]
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion	United States	heavy transport	CH-53 "Yas'ur 2000"	${\displaystyle {\Big \}}}$ 37[22]	18[30]	${\displaystyle {\Big \}}}$ 26[24]
			CH-53 "Yas'ur 2025"		5[30]
Sikorsky S-70 (UH-60 Black Hawk)	United States	tactical transport	S-70A / UH-60A/L "Yanshuf"	49[22]	48[23]	49[24]
Bell 206 (OH-58 Kiowa)	United States	light transport / trainer	206B "Saifan"	–	18[23]	6[24]

Below are the IDF's active service watercraft. The year of service, speed, full load displacement, and crew members, are in parentheses.

• Typhoon Weapon System
• Rafael Overhead Weapon Station
• Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station

• AMOS communications satellite
• EROS earth observation satellite
• Ofeq reconnaissance satellite
• TecSAR reconnaissance satellite
• Shavit space launch vehicle

• Defense industry of Israel
• Nuclear weapons and Israel

• IISS (2020). The Military Balance 2020. Routledge. ISBN 978-0367466398.