Uzi RUBIN, resident, Rubicon Defense Consulting; former Director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization (1991-1999), Israel
Uzi Rubin
founded and was the first Director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization
in the Israel Ministry of Defense (MOD), in which capacity he was launched and
managed the nationwide effort to develop, produce and deploy Israel's Arrow missile
defense system. In this capacity he led the Arrow program from its inception in
1991 to the first delivery of operational missiles in 1999. He received his ME
in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1969 and
subsequently directed large missile programs in Israel Aerospace Industries and
the Israel MOD. In
1990 he was a visiting scholar in the Center for International Security and
Arms Control of Stanford University where he co-directed a major study on
missile proliferation. Between 1999 and 2001 he was the Senior Director for
Proliferation and Technology in the Israel National Security Council. He is a
twice winner of the Israel Defense Prize in 1996 and 2003. In 2000 he won the
MDA David Israel Prize for achievements in missile defense. Uzi Rubin has
retired from Israel's MOD at the end of 2002 and has since been heading his own
defense consultancy, Rubincon Ltd. providing consulting services in military
technology to the Israel Ministry of Defense and Israel's leading defense
contractors. He publishes frequently in the professional and international
media on space and missile defense topics.
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