 The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is Israel's prime aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial systems for both military and civilian usage.IAI entered the space race in the 1990s and has since been responsible for the development of most Israel's civilian and military satellites, particularly the Amos and Ofeq.El-Op, which merged with Elbit Systems in 2000, is the country's largest research and development company for space qualified cameras and advanced telescopes that deal with various panchromatic, dual band, multi and super spectral wavelength applications.