On September 2, 2019, the company was acquired by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, and Israeli businessman Avihai Stolero.

[1] The company was founded by Zvika Nave, Moshe Caspi and Avi Leumi in 1997 as a start-up called NETS Integrated Avionics Systems.

The move came after report that Aeronautics representatives conducted a live-fire test of its Orbiter 1K model against Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh at the request of the Azerbaijani military.

[9][10] In 2018, the Justice Ministry said prosecutors intended to press charges against Aeronautics’ employees for aggravated fraud and violations of the defense export law.

Aeronautics and three of its senior employees were charged on December 30, 2021 with "violating the law regulating defense exports in its dealing with one of its most prominent clients".

[11][12] [16] The Dominator UAS is a twin-engine medium-altitude long endurance (MALE) UAV based on the Diamond DA-42 aircraft.

Due to its special structure and quiet electrical motor the Orbiter has a very low electromagnetic and aquatic signature, which makes it difficult to detect in the field of battle.

Due to its special structure and quiet electrical motor the Orbiter has a very low electromagnetic and aquatic signature, which makes it difficult to detect in the field of battle.

Aeronautics' ground ISR (GISR) incorporates electro optical sensors, elevation systems and operator interfaces.

[citation needed] The Skystar surveillance aerostat system provides its users with an "eye in the sky" at the altitude of 300–500 meters above the ground level.