Defense Tech

“Israel has shifted from a concept of containment to a concept of decisive victory”

The Israel Defense and Security Forum (IDSF) held its “From Disaster to Victory” security conference yesterday, at which seven fundamental insights concerning national security were presented

India’s Ambassador to Israel, Jitender Pal Singh with Brig. Gen. (Res.) Erez Winner, chairman of IDSF
ISRAELI DEFENSE-TECH start-ups participate at the Israel Defense Ministry’s Defense Tech week.

The next generation of Israeli entrepreneurs is in defense tech - opinion

Weapon systems developed by MMI, including turrets and rocket launchers, are exhibited at the Marrakech Airshow in Marrakesh, Morocco, October 7, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Moroccan defense firm MMI targets turret deliveries in March 2027

Yaakov (Yaki) Hetz, a decorated veteran of the battle for Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill and an Israel Defense Prize laureate, pictured at the Ammunition Hill memorial.

Ammunition Hill hero and defense innovator Yaki Hetz passes away at age 80


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

Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv

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.

Female pilot in the cockpit.

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

ParaZero's DefendAir neutralizes hostile drones by intercepting them with nets

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.

An AIM-424 Long Range Air-to-Air Missile (LRAAM) is mounted in the internal weapons bay of an F-35C.

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.

LUCAS drone (illustrative).

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

Ukraine launches TrophyLab for captured Russian equipment

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

HERO 120 LMS autonomous multi-launch loitering munition system

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

STRAIT OF HORMUZ, OMAN/IRAN -- JUNE 16, 2026: 01 -- Maps4media-processed Sentinel-2 satellite imagery shows a broad overview of the Strait of Hormuz, including the Musandam Peninsula, nearby islands, coastal shallows, and the narrow maritime corridor linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman.

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.

THE IRON Dome fires an interceptor missile as rockets are launched from Gaza, near Sderot in August 2018.

XTEND’s US-made X-Strike enters Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program

Israeli defense-tech company XTEND has expanded its role in the US’s Drone Dominance Program, with its US-manufactured X-Strike package accepted as a weapons solution for the Pentagon.

Israeli drone startup XTEND has secured a multi-million-dollar contract from the US Department of Defense to develop and deliver AI-enabled, modular, one-way attack drones designed for close-quarter combat.