According to CAAT, ” It is in the worlds top 100 arms producers (SIPRI) and in 2013 it stated that its military aircraft activity was worth “over 600m annually””. It has applied for arms export licenses to Israel. In addition, GKN “bought Fokker Technologies and in mid-2016 this subsidiary was selected to maintain and service the landing gear on the Lockheed F-35 fleet in Europe and the Pacific.” Israel has used F-35s in repeated aerial bombardments on the besieged Gaza Strip.