Uzi Rubin

Uzi Rubin was born in 1937 in Tel Aviv

Uzi Rubin was born in Tel Aviv in 1937. He earned a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering at the Technion and a master's degree in aeronautical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Rubin was responsible for developing the Shavit satellite launcher. From 1991 to 1999 he was the first head of the Missile Defense Organization, known as Homa, within the Ministry of Defense. In that role he oversaw the development of the Arrow system, and in 1999 he held a senior post at the National Security Council.

He won the Israel Defense Prize twice, once for the Arrow and once for the Ofek spy satellite. After leaving the defense establishment, he founded a security consulting firm called Rubincon. He helped found the Israeli association for missile defense and sits on its board.

Rubin has worked with research institutes such as the Begin-Sadat Center at Bar-Ilan University and the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, studying ballistic missile programs in Arab states and Iran. He received a doctorate from Bar-Ilan University in 2018 and published a book based on it in 2019. In 2024 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Multinational Missile Defense Conference.