JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense exports increased in 2025 for the third year in a row to reach a record $19.2 billion, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced today.
This announcement comes as Israel has approved its largest-ever defense budget, and Israeli defense giants have announced record backlogs of orders.
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz said in the statement that the new export figures show “there is a clear and unmistakable thread connecting the IDF’s battlefield achievements across all fronts, the extraordinary capabilities of Israel’s defense industries, and the success of Israeli defense exports around the world.”
Over half the export deals — 53 percent — were what Israel calls “mega-deals,” valued at over $100 million each.
“[M]issile, rocket, and air defense systems continued to lead in 2025, accounting for over a quarter (29%) of total deal volume,” according to the ministry. In contrast, missile, rocket and air defense systems made up 48 percent of deals in 2024 and 36 percent in 2023.
