Weekly Commentary: Israel In Race Against Time To Produce Jet Engines
Dr. Aaron Lerner 6 November 2025

We Israelis cannot plan our future based on best case assumptions.

The White House could very well be occupied in the future by leaders who opt
to use their authority to initiate an arms boycott against the Jewish State.

As we race to develop supply boycott resistant military capabilities it is
imperative that this portfolio includes jet engines for Israeli made
airframes.

And while Beit Shemesh Engines Ltd. (BSEL) is world class for engine parts
we don't need to do this alone.

India would be a natural partner.

We could collaborate in an arrangement which shares the costs of R&D and
tooling with India ultimately manufacturing the bulk of the engines (and
thus bearing most of the costs) while BSEL also makes complete engines in
Israel.

That way if for some unforeseen reason in the future, India boycott us, we
can rely on our in-house production.

This isn't going to be easy.

And I can very well appreciate that the shift to Made In Israel while we
still benefit from American largess in the form of US funded Made in the USA
equipment is difficult.

But we cannot afford to ignore the very real potential changes which may
take place in America in the years to come.

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