Israel Defense Prize
| Israel Defense Prize | |
|---|---|
| פרס בטחון ישראל | |
| Awarded for | Significant contributions to the defense of the State of Israel |
| Country | Israel |
| Presented by | President of the State of Israel |
| First award | 1958 |
The Israel Defense Prize (Hebrew: פרס בטחון ישראל), also known as the Israel Defense Award is an award presented annually by the President of Israel to people and organizations who made significant contributions to the defense of the State of Israel.
The prize was first awarded in 1958 and it is awarded each year by the President of Israel.[1] Three to Four prizes are awarded each year. One is a lifetime achievement award, and two or three go to individuals or units whose efforts contributed to an operational field.
Notable Recipients
| Year | Recipient(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Uziel Gal | Inventor of the Uzi Submachine Gun |
| 1959 | Yevgeny Ratner | Improvements on the Bazooka |
| 1960 | A rocket unit from Rafael | Development of the Luz Missile |
| 1961 | Israel Tal | |
| 1962 | An electromechanical unit from Rafael | Development of a proximity fuze |
| 1963 | A team from unit 515 | For their dedicated work which has led to significant successes |
| 1964 | David Laskov | |
| 1965 | Manes Pratt | Founding the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center |
| 1966 | Ori Even-Tov | |
| 1967 | Pinchas Dagan | |
| 1968 | Shlomo Bashan, Sammy Harel, Moshe Meir, Ephraim Ashkenazi | A development that improved the gunsight of Air Force aircraft and enhanced the operational capabilities of the Mirage aircraft. |
| 1969 | Avraham Makob | Development of a runway penetration bomb |
| 1970 | Israel Orieli and Yair Bar On | On the improvement of radar for naval vessels |
| 1971 | A development team at Rafael, including Nahum Shapira, Ben-Zion Naveh, Dan Tzioni, Naftali Amit, Erwin Reiter, Yitzhak Nudleman, and Uzi Rav | Development of the 'Tal 1' cluster bomb against soft targets |
| 1972 | Sasson Yitzhayek | Impressive achievements in the field of codebreaking in Unit 8200 |
| 1973 | Yisrael Galili and Yacov Leor | Development of the 'Galil' rifle |
| 1974 | Avner Avkin, Gedalia Aharoni, Shmuel Elad, Mordechai Chen, Chaim Prion, and David Raz from Israel Military Industries (IMI) | Commendation for their contribution to the development of artillery weapons |
| 1975 | A team from Unit 8200 of the Intelligence Corps (Sergio Hart, Micha Sharir, and Nathan Zimmerman) | |
| 1976 | Captain Amihud Rabin from the Aeronautical Engineering Branch of the Air Force. | Increasing the takeoff weight of Skyhawk aircraft, which improved their range and weapons-carrying capability. |
| 1977 | Caesarea Unit led by Mike Harari | A commendation from the Prize Committee for special activity |
| 1978 | An intelligence corps team (including Israel Radomski for the second time) | |
| 1979 | Shmuel Shtrikman | |
| 1980 | A team from the Intelligence Corps (including Shay Pilpel, Yaakov Yeshua, Ron Shamir, Chaim Wolfson, Nathan Zimmerman, Ora Hadas, Yehuda Hartman, Yonatan Stern, Hanokh Wexler, Doron Edelman, Naftali Tashbi, Mordechai Tenenhaus, and Chaim Held) | Impressive achievements in a field vital to the security of the state |
| 1981 | Charlie Attali, David Harari and Michael Schaefer | Development of the "Zahavan" — the IDF's first UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) |
| 1982 | Haim Laskov | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 1983 | A team of researchers and engineers from the Air Force (including Yohanan Levanon) | For the development of intelligence and electronic warfare systems |
| 1984 | A team from the Intelligence Corps (including Noga Alon) | |
| 1985 | A team from the missile unit at Rafael | Development of the "Red Slope" thermal imaging system |
| 1986 | A development team at Rafael (including Dr. Yosef Levin and Dr. Naftali Amit [for the second time] from Rafael, and Moshe Horev from the Air Force) | Development of the "Popeye" ("Hamudon") missile |
| 1987 | Gabriel Ilan, Avi Morgenstern | |
| 2024 | Elbit Systems |
References
- ^ Dvir, Noam (Dabul) (6 August 2013). "Israel Defense Prize awarded for technological developments". Ynetnews. Retrieved 4 May 2017.