Defense Tech
Investors turn to Israel’s battle-tested defense-tech start-ups as funding hits record $40.8b.
Investments are pouring into military and dual-use technologies at unprecedented levels due to rising military spending and demand for autonomous systems and deployable battlefield technologies.
Inside Wild West's vision for armed robotics
Israel's Elbit Systems acquires Canadian underwater drone company amid rising Russian Arctic threat
Built for speed and agility, Plasan and ASFIR unveil STORMER
Ukraine carries out first logistics mission using an amphibious UGV
The UGV traveled more than 40 km. while carrying ammunition and food supplies to frontline positions, moving across terrain that included rivers, canals, and marshland.
What one flydubai flight revealed about the new India-Israel-Gulf map - opinion
Sometimes geography tells its own story. And we caught a glimpse not of a completed new regional order, but of one that is still being built.
Smart Shooter secures $150m. contract for SMASH 2000LE counter-drone systems
Over the past 12 months, Smart Shooter has signed contracts with the US Army, US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps.
Protego Ventures closes $125m. Fund I, expands focus on early‑growth defense companies
Protego was founded by Lital Leshem and Lee Moser and invests in Israeli companies that have demonstrated operational performance
Demystifying the eVTOL industry - opinion
The flying taxi isn't science fiction anymore. It's a certified aircraft with a waiting list.
IDF extends suspension of 'Atalef' loitering munition drones after two reservists killed
The IDF stopped operational activity of the small drone after two reservists were killed after one exploded near them in northern Gaza.
Who writes the code of the new world? - opinion
Software has quietly become strategic terrain. The question is no longer who can write it, but who can be trusted to govern it.
Former Ukrainian defense minister unveils 'Army of Robots' to accelerate autonomous warfare
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov plans to have humanoid robots playing active combat roles on the battlefield. Aims to have a humanoid robot kill a Russian soldier in six months.
How is drone warfare changing rapidly? An IDF interceptor explains what's next
With Russia logging over 100,000 drone strikes in a single year and the IDF going from one drone per unit to one or two per squad, Cukierman says this is the defining weapons story of our era.
Fully autonomous robots are closer than you think- opinion
Robots might look autonomous online, but the real revolution is on the battlefield where cheap drones and smarter defenses are shifting humans from the front line to the sidelines.
