Defense Tech

AeroSentinel production facility severely damaged after Iranian ballistic missile strike

AeroSentinel’s production facility was mere meters away from the impact zone of a 400-kilogram Iranian missile and sustained heavy damage late Thursday night.

AeroSentinel’s production facility sustained heavy damage after an Iranian ballistic missile attack on central Israel on April 2, 2026.
AeroSentinel G2 drone in active operation, providing real-time aerial intelligence in complex environments.

Israel must stay independent: The strategic risk of Chinese drones -opinion

 A Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat drone is pictured at SAHA EXPO Defence & Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, October 27, 2022.

Libya's Haftar acquires combat drones despite UN embargo

A US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III lands at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 8, 2026.

Israeli 3D-printing firm joins major Pentagon manufacturing program


India receives first batch of NEGEV 7.62 LMGs from Israel’s IWI

The delivery marks the opening phase of a much larger 41,000‑unit order signed in August 2024. An additional 4,000 are scheduled to be delivered later this year.

IWI's Negev 7 Light Machine Gun

Chinese Shahed-like drones offered online despite Alibaba ban

A sales representative for the company told D&T that the so-called “model plane” was a copy of the Shahed-136 and could be armed with explosives and could be shipped to Russia if needed.

Mosquito drone advertised for sale on Alibaba

The Janus frontier: One innovation, two destinies- opinion

One face is turned toward security, while the other is turned toward the global commercial frontier to drive economic growth and redefining civilian life

An unmanned ground vehicle is seen next to a counter UAS system A1-Falke by Argus Interception during the defence exercise "Red Storm Bravo" in which civilian and military coordination is trained and led by German army Bundeswehr in Hamburg, Germany, September 26, 2025

Iran strike on Saudi Arabia’s Sultan Airbase destroys key US Air Force platforms

The Friday strike not only injured troops, but it also destroyed refuelers and an E-3 Sentry aircraft.

A US Air Force E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, assigned to the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, conducts aerial operations during a U.S. Presidential support mission within the U.S. Air Forces Central area of responsibility July 15, 2022.

Three chessboards, one war: One month into the second Iran war - opinion

Beyond the battlefield, a larger question emerges: can this war become the catalyst for a new regional architecture linking Israel, the Gulf, and global partners?

Iran and Israel flags on Middle east geopolitical map.

US deploys uncrewed drone boats in conflict with Iran

The Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft, or GARC, has been used for patrols as part of the US ​campaign against Iran

A US Navy Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft maneuvers during an exercise in Charleston, South Carolina, April 17, 2025.

XTEND, ParaZero to advance autonomous drone‑interception capabilities

The collaboration enables the drone to autonomously pursue, capture, and secure an enemy drone by using a physical net launched for capture. 

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The real constraint in defense tech isn’t innovation, it’s execution at scale- opinion

the critical question is no longer who can invent the next breakthrough system. It's who can build, deploy, and sustain it at an industrial scale?

A detail of ammunition at a production line as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visit the future site of an arms factory where weapons maker Rheinmetall plans to produce artilleries from 2025, in Unterluess, Germany

Why did David’s Sling fail to protect Israel's South from Iranian missiles? - analysis

Part of the scrutiny on David’s Sling stems from the fact that there have been multiple major failures, leaving large numbers of Israelis wounded, not just a single event.

The scene where a missile fired from  Iran toward Israel caused damage to residential buildings in the southern Israeli city of Dimona, March 22, 2026.

US defense giant taps Israeli drone navigation tech built for jammed battlefields

ASIO’s drone navigation technology is designed to keep unmanned aircraft on course even when GPS is jammed or denied in combat.

NOCTA autonomous navigation system