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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.&nbsp;
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.
A scale model of Ellyon first materialized at IAI’s booth at the Singapore Airshow in February, appearing to represent a heavily missionized Bombardier Global 6500. IAI’s product brochure and accompanying digital renderings are also based on this type, although the company said Ellyon is designed to be platform-agnostic and can be integrated “onboard multiple large business jet platforms.”
While IAI has previously centered its special-mission platforms around the Gulfstream G550, its airborne early warning and control (AEW&amp;C) offering is also available on the Global 6500, featuring an ELW-2085 radar from subsidiary Elta Systems. Israel, Singapore, and Italy have all purchased the G550-based ELW-2085 platforms.&nbsp;
Potential Ellyon customers or timelines for a first flight have not been specified, but IAI confirmed that an onboard multimission management system includes space for four to six operator stations. Although an accompanying video showed a digitized mockup, IAI said that onboard technologies “represent IAI’s [existing] multidisciplinary capabilities across intelligence, electronic attack, and airborne domains.” These include sensor miniaturization, advanced algorithms, and AI-based software applications.
IAI executive v-p Dror Bar described the Ellyon capability—one of several special-mission aircraft applications in IAI’s portfolio—as “a technological leap forward, combining stand-off operations with the ability to sense, understand, and shape the electromagnetic battlespace.”

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