Defense industry
Jared Kushner Gaza role draws scrutiny over investments tied to Israeli defense firms - report
CNN found that Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners remains the largest shareholder in Phoenix Financial, which has invested millions of dollars in Elbit Systems and other Israeli defense companies.
Ukraine carries out first logistics mission using an amphibious UGV
Smart Shooter secures $150m. contract for SMASH 2000LE counter-drone systems
Protego Ventures closes $125m. Fund I, expands focus on early‑growth defense companies
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.
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.
Expanding foothold in Israel, Ondas acquires three more defense tech companies
Ondas said the deal is intended to strengthen its “systems‑of‑systems” approach, combining sensing, connectivity, navigation, and autonomy across aerial and ground systems
Israeli defense companies head to Marrakesh Air Show
Jerusalem is targeting Morocco’s growing defense market as it gains a foothold in North Africa
What will Israel bring to its most important alliance? - opinion
Israel’s greatest test isn’t what it receives from Washington, it’s what it can bring. As America builds alliances around technology and innovation, Israel has a chance to prove its value
Israel’s AI advantage is strategic, but humans in the IDF remain responsible - opinion
AI can help process intelligence, identify threats, and support operations, but it does not replace human judgment in battlefield decisions.
IAI debuts new tactical vehicle for German special forces
Two TAHRs to be transported inside CH‑47 Chinook helicopters, with crews able to achieve combat readiness shortly after landing
Building a drone bridge from Israel's Negev to NATO’s eastern flank
From Gaza-border communities to Latvia’s border with Russia and Belarus, frontline experience is becoming a bridge for innovation
US defense tech company Ondas buys GATE in latest Israeli company acquisition
The acquisition includes GATE, which develops, manufactures, and licenses advanced electronic safe and arm devices (ESADs), as well as its European partner, Bron Technologies.
Iran strikes damaged, destroyed hundreds of US bases across Middle East, cost $33.4b, Pentagon says
Ex-CENTCOM chief Gen. Frank McKenzie warned that "the US will not be able to maintain these bases in a full-throated conflict, because they will be rendered unusable by sustained Iranian attack."
