Seriously. The Mirage 5, a Mirage 5 variant with simplified avionics and higher system reliability was basically co-designed by IAI and Dassault.

The French canceled the Israeli order, so they created the Nesher, which was a copy, which led to the Kfir.

Dassault and IAI in talks on future project partnerships

Israeli company keen to leverage experience with Gulfstream and other business jets

Dassault is talking to Israel Aerospace Industries about co-operation on future business jet programmes, as the French airframer looks to extend its risk-sharing partnerships.

The Israeli business – which builds rival Gulfstream’s smaller aircraft, the G150 and G200 – is keen to leveerage its experience in designing and manufacturing fuselage sections to a wider market, and sees business aviation as a big opportunity. IAI has been building business jets since the late 1960s, and past products include the Jet Commander and Westwind. Before its 2001 partnership with Gulfstream, it sold the G200 as the Galaxy and built the G150’s predecessor, the G100, as the Astra.

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