Defense Tech

Anduril eyes former air force chief to head Israel operations

The innovative US military technology company wants Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amiram Norkin to lead local operations

A FURY drone sits inside the Arsenal-1 manufacturing facility, operated by Anduril, in Ashville, Ohio, U.S. March 19, 2026.
Robotican's Rooster hybrid robotic drone platform

Inside the IDF push to deploy smarter, faster robots across the frontlines

SpyX enables tactical teams to organically detect, confirm and hit targets with the ability to carry a variety of warheads up to 2.5 kg such as Anti-Personnel and light vehicles (A/P) and Anti-Tanks (A/T).

Algeria is spending $25 billion to counter weapons Israel built for Morocco - opinion

UVision's Hero 90 loitering munition, also known as suicide drone

Israeli drone maker UVision targets $3.5 billion Nasdaq listing


Israel's Smart Shooter wins $5.8 million contract with US Marine Corps

Earlier this year, Smart Shooter secured a $10.7 million contract with the US Army and, in early June, another valued at $1.8 million with the US Navy

SMARTSHOOTER's SMASH 3000

IAI, Palladyne AI to team up to sell Harpy, Harop UAVs to Department of War

The partnership comes as the DOW increases investments in loitering munitions to expand capabilities to meet modern battlefield demands. 

IAI's Mini Harpy being launched

Germany and France drop joint fighter jet project

As well as disputes over control of the next phase of development and access to intellectual property, the two sides had widely differing requirements for the aircraft.

Scale models of the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS / SCAF), Europe's next-generation fighter jet, are seen in Paris, France, February 20, 2020

Despite hostility toward Israel, NATO armies are examining a dramatic defense tech upgrade

Elbit completed a major live field demonstration of its export version of the IDF's Digital Ground Army system in Sweden, as European armies look to modernize amid fears of a possible war with Russia

A demonstration of the Digital Ground Army system, June 2026.

As third Israel-Iran war looms closer, IDF needs to make it count - analysis

With fewer interceptors left, training and technology have become the last line of defense in an endless loop of escalation and deterrence.

Ballistic missiles launched from Iran, as seen over the West Bank city of Hebron, June 8, 2026.

Iran already has two 'nuclear weapons,' does it have a third? - opinion

When Washington says "Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon," it means something far broader than enrichment percentages

Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran.

Drone crashes and severed fingers at a $13 billion Silicon Valley military startup

V-BAT has crashed more than 50 times over the past 18 months, a Cessna plane with a Shield AI employee and his child aboard had to take evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision with a V-BAT.

Visitors look at Shield AI’s V-BAT unmanned aerial vehicle on display during the Taipei Aerospace and Defence Technology Exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, September 18, 2025.

The Beirut trap: Why success in Southern Lebanon may not be enough- opinion

Relative quiet alone is not a strategy. What is required is a comprehensive and systematic effort to change the reality inside Lebanon itself.

Demonstrators carry portraits of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 11, 2026

Robel Innovation unveils “Black Raven” counter‑drone system shaped by frontline experience

The system emerged directly from the operational experiences of its own employees who have faced the threat of Hezbollah's fiber-optic drones on the battlefield

Members of the Metula civilian security squad search the area following the fall of an Iron Dome interceptor missile and reports of a drone infiltration near the Israel-Lebanon border, June 01, 2026.

Shifters: Robots on the frontline

Shifters’ platform is built around supervised autonomy, where robotic teams can operate in complex environments while remaining under human oversight.

Shifters' technology