Defense Tech

Study: IDF Talpiot program excels in producing entrepreneurs

Talpiot is MAFAT's oldest elite program. It was designed after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in which Israel suffered from a gap between R&D and operations in the field

Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv
A satellite image shows a fleet of small boats at sea, north of the Strait of Hormuz near the Kargan coast, Iran, April 22, 2026.

IRGC‑linked Tasnim warns of risks to undersea cables below Strait of Hormuz

A member of the U.S. Army takes part in a fitness competition with the U.S. Capitol in the background on the day of a military parade to commemorate the U.S. Army's 250th Birthday in Washington, D.C

Procuring at the speed of war: The defense acquisition process is catching up-opinion

IWI's Negev 7 Light Machine Gun

At 78, Israel’s defense-tech edge is reshaping modern warfare - opinion


Remembrance Day: Honoring the lives lost with mission-driven innovation

Yom HaZikaron is a moment of national stillness, but for those in defense tech, it is also a reminder of why they build

Memorial ceremony on Har Herzl in Jerusalem, Israel. April 19, 2026.

Lessons from Operation Roaring Lion: Defending the Defenders -opinion

Air and missile defense batteries are now high-value assets, whose mission is continuity of effect under attack. If that continuity collapses, civilian warning, interception, and the protection of cr

 Israeli air defense systems operating during the war with Iran.

Ukraine aims to deploy 25,000 UGVs for frontline logistics

Ukraine races to scale unmanned ground systems, contracting 25,000 UGVs to take over all frontline logistics by mid‑2026.

Ukrainian servicemen operate an unmanned ground vehicle fit for delivery missions on the frontline in Donetsk region

Israel’s Windward, Vantor partner for persistent monitoring to counter dark fleets

A new satellite‑AI fusion promises to expose “dark” vessels as global maritime tensions surge

A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026.

Israeli drone‑detection start-up scores major US commercial breakthrough

Tondo Smart, founded by IDF Unit 8200 graduates, successfully commercialized Israeli defense-derived technology with a system that efficiently detects and manages low-altitude airspaces.

Drones can cause significant disruptions in urban areas

USAF airmen commanded Anduril's YFQ-44A autonomous drone sorties at Edwards AFB

Airmen from the Experimental Operations Unit of the US Air Force conducted sorties with the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)

Anduril's YFQ‑44A test aircraft takes to the sky

Israeli drones, US training center: Morocco is Africa's new military tech hub - opinion

Morocco’s fusion of Israeli precision weapons and Turkish heavy‑strike drones is reshaping Africa’s military balance

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).

IDF uses Ro'em self-propelled howitzer artillery for first time in southern Lebanon

The firing was declared an operational success and even served as a basis for developing new artillery fire responses while fighting, the military wrote in a press release.

IDF operates its domestically produced Ro'em self-propelled howitzer for the first time in southern Lebanon in April 2026.

Elbit's Starliner UAV to start test flights in Canada's Arctic

With tensions high with Russia, the Starliner was purchased in 2020 by Transport Canada for Arctic surveillance.

The Israeli Elbit Systems Ltd. Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flies over the airbase during a media presentation in the central Swiss town of Emmen

Lockheed Martin secures $850M to advance Trident II SLBM as tensions with Iran continues

The submarine-launched-ballistic missile has a range of 11,500 kilometers and has precision accuracy for range of targets, including fortified or underground infrastructure

Successful launch of the Trident II (D5LE) strategic weapon system