{"id":309751,"date":"2026-02-25T16:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/309751\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:21:11","slug":"india-israel-defense-deal-estimatated-at-up-to-10b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/309751\/","title":{"rendered":"India-Israel defense deal estimatated at up to $10b."},"content":{"rendered":"

The estimates of defense deals that Israel and India are expected to sign as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a> visits Jerusalem are eye-popping, with some reaching $8 billion-$10b., according to Indian media reports.<\/p>\n

This comes in the aftermath of the 2023-2025 Middle East war, in which Israeli air-defense systems proved their worth as never before, and of the May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, which highlighted New Delhi\u2019s vulnerabilities in the areas of drones, missiles, and cyberwarfare.<\/p>\n

Potential deals are expected for all four major elements of Israel\u2019s multilayered missile defense: the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Arrow missile-defense system, Rafael<\/a>\u2019s David\u2019s Sling and Iron Dome, and Rafael and Elbit\u2019s Iron Beam.<\/p>\n

This would provide India with air-defense solutions against long-range ballistic missiles, medium-range rockets and cruise missiles, and short-range rockets.<\/p>\n

Deals are also expected in offensive and defensive drone warfare. Various Israeli companies are competing at high levels and with varied solutions in that arena. A large deal is expected for Elbit<\/a>\u2019s Hermes 900 drone.<\/p>\n

\"INDIANINDIAN PRIME Minister Narendra Modi at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem during Modi\u2019s official visit to Israel on February 25, 2026. (credit: YONATAN SINDEL\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n

In the offensive arena, agreements are expected to be struck \u2013 and in some cases, were already struck \u2013 for Rafael\u2019s SPICE 1000 guidance kits, Elbit\u2019s Rampage air-to-ground missiles, Ice Breaker naval cruise missiles, and IAI\u2019s supersonic Air LORA missiles.<\/p>\n

Indian media outlets are reporting that Modi wants to nail down the capability of firing missiles from a far distance out of range of an enemy\u2019s air defenses, such as the IAF used in June 2025 against Iran.<\/p>\n

India purchases 34% of Israeli arms, Peace Research Institute says<\/p>\n

India has been Israel\u2019s largest defense purchaser for years, including 34% of total sales from 2020-2024, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).<\/p>\n

Likewise, the Defense Ministry\u2019s International Defense Cooperation Directorate (SIBAT) has said total arms sales to India during this period were worth about $20.5b.<\/p>\n

According to Israeli officials, from 2012-2017, defense sales between the countries exponentially multiplied, reaching $3.4b. when Jerusalem sold New Delhi the Barak anti-aerial threats system for naval vessels.<\/p>\n

From 2017-2023, the market remained strong, but it cooled somewhat as the countries adjusted to Modi<\/a>\u2019s new \u201cMade in India\u201d policy.<\/p>\n

By 2024, however, Israel had started investing more directly in India, with many defense companies establishing subsidiaries there.<\/p>\n

With those shifts to a mix of purchases and joint industrial long-term partnerships in defense production, along with the conflicts in Israel and India, the spike in defense deals returned and is expected to crush the old records in 2026.<\/p>\n

A variety of cyber, artificial intelligence, and even quantum joint ventures are also expected to be launched as part of Modi\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The estimates of defense deals that Israel and India are expected to sign as Indian Prime Minister Narendra…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[146226,6557,16606,97833,15621,85,207,39558,46,98792,11982,20065,43,132892],"class_list":{"0":"post-309751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-davids-sling","9":"tag-diplomacy","10":"tag-drone","11":"tag-elbit-systems","12":"tag-iai","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-india","15":"tag-iron-dome","16":"tag-israel","17":"tag-israel-missile-defense","18":"tag-missiles","19":"tag-narendra-modi","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-rafael-advanced-defense-systems"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}