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
Cellebrite launches tactical digital forensics kit for military units
Cellebrite's Tactical Extraction Kit (C-TEK) is a ruggedized, all-in-one mobile forensics field kit that fits into in a standard-size backpack
Jeen Defense wins 14.9m NIS defense AI contract
Jeen Technologies' subsidiary secures its largest Defense Ministry order, accelerating deployment of its sovereign AI platform designed to support intelligence, operations, and decision-making
The most important AI skill leaders can borrow from pilots - opinion
AI succeeds when leaders act like pilots, by reading conditions and diverting before trouble hits.
ParaZero wins first US government order for DefendAir counter-drone system
ParaZero says it has seen growing interest in DefendAir from defense forces, government organizations, security agencies, and defense companies across several international markets
US Navy reveals ultra-long-range air-to-air AIM-424 Malice missile with over 460 km. range
The Navy states its range is “in excess of 250 nautical miles,” placing it well beyond conventional beyond‑visual‑range weapons such as the AIM‑120 AMRAAM.
CENTCOM establishes multinational drone task force
Falcon Strike aims to integrated unmanned systems not only in the air but also on and below the sea.
UK, Ukraine sign AI defense partnership linked to battlefield technology
The British government said the partnership would initially focus on defense and national security projects
UVision wins US Army follow-on suicide drone order
This is a follow-up deal to a huge, multi-year contract that was signed in October 2025, for the supply of suicide drones for $982 million
Iran's Strait of Hormuz strategy exposes the limits of destruction - opinion
Airpower temporarily shattered Iran’s arsenal, but the Hormuz Strait proved a harsher truth: the real fight is over the narrow corridor where even a weaker force can bend global power to its will
Israel plans development of space weapons capable of striking targets on Earth
Defense Minister Israel Katz said space capabilities would provide the IDF with an advantage in future conflicts as Israel seeks to become a leading space power.
