Aircraft
IAI Unveils ‘Ellyon’ ISTAR Platform
Bizjet-based anti-jamming and intelligence-gathering capability revealed
Heavily modified Global 6500 in flight with side fairings and nose radome
Although described by IAI as platform-agnostic, company visualisations of Ellyon depict a very heavily modified Bombardier Global 6500. © Israel Aerospace Industries

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unveiled the latest offering in its family of multi-mission aircraft systems, an electronic attack and intelligence-gathering special-mission capability called “Ellyon,” based on a large business jet platform. According to the Israeli state-owned aerospace company, the electronic attack and ISTAR (intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance) platform features “operationally proven” technologies, integrated into a heavily modified business jet base. 

IAI officially announced Ellyon (loosely translating as “God most high” or “the highest one” in Hebrew) on July 20. “Able to simultaneously execute both radar jamming and communications jamming within a single mission, Ellyon allows coordinated operational effects against advanced threats and integrated air defense systems,” stated IAI.