Defense Tech

Israel's cyber chief predicts cyberwar between offensive, defensive AI agents

Israel's National Cyber Directorate handled a 55% increase of cyberattacks in 2025 compared to the previous year, Yossi Karadi revealed at the Cybertech Conference in Tel Aviv.

Israel National Cyber Directorate chief Yossi Karadi speaks at the CyberTech Conference in Tel Aviv, January 27, 2025
An Israeli army soldier launches an Elbit Skylark miniature unmanned aerial vehicle (mini UAV) used for surveillance, from an army deployment area near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on September 30, 2025.

Ukrainian soldiers urge Israel to embrace drones, robotics as future of warfare

Leonidas Stryker

Microwave weapon aims to knock drones out of the sky, Epirus pitches Leonidas

IDF drone developed dto transport whole blood.

Defense is not a stock market sprint: It's a long game of time, politics and patience - opinion


Red Sea conflict boosts Israel‑Gulf‑India defense innovation - opinion

The Red Sea war is exposing global connectivity’s fragility and speeding a quiet new partnership as Israel, the Gulf, and India link defense tech, logistics, and data systems

 Smoke rises from an explosion after a projectile hit a group of buildings at an undisclosed location, after US President Donald Trump launched military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, in this screengrab obtained from a ha

Kenya receives Israeli SPYDER air defense system in $26 million deal

The system was delivered by a CAL Cargo Airlines cargo plane in mid-December

Rafael's Spyder air defense system

US awards Colt $12.9m. contract to supply M4A1 carbines to Israel

The M4A1 carbines will be delivered to the IDF by June 2026.

M4 Carbine superimposed on an Israeli flag

RTX unit Raytheon lands $1.7 billion deal to supply Patriot systems to Spain

Patriot, short for Phased Array Tracking Radar for Intercept on Target, is a mobile surface-to-air missile system. It detects, tracks, and destroys incoming aircraft and missiles.

Ukrainian service members walk next to a launcher of a Patriot air defence system, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location, Ukraine August 4, 2024.

FCC bars approvals for Chinese-made drones over national security risks

The addition to the FCC's "Covered List" means that DJI, Autel, and other foreign drone companies will not be able to obtain FCC approval to sell new models of drones.

A drone is displayed at DJI's flagship store in Hong Kong, China September 22, 2016, two days before its opening.

Israeli technology has become the country’s most powerful diplomatic asset - opinion

The future of Israeli diplomacy will be shaped not only by alliances or declarations, but by technologies so essential that they bind nations together in ways traditional diplomacy cannot.

Security officials have stated that Laser Dome also has the capacity to take on barrages of simultaneous aerial threats and is not merely limited to shooting down one or two at a time.

Trump announces new ‘Trump class’ battleships as US launches major naval buildup

Trump said the new battleships would be larger, faster, and "100 times more powerful" than any previously built.

US President Donald Trump attends a press conference, as he makes an announcement about the Navy's "Golden Fleet" at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 22, 2025.

Russia claims S-500 can counter F-35s, but sources say system not ready

Defense sources told the Jerusalem Post they doubt Russia’s claims that its S-500 air defense system can defeat F-35 stealth jets.

One of two US Air Force F-22 stealth fighter jets receives fuel mid-air from a KC-135 refueling plane over Norway en route to a joint training exercise with Norway's growing fleet of F-35 jets August 15, 2018.

IDF establishes artificial intelligence division in response to Oct. 7 failure

AIDF is intended to serve as a living bridge made up of experts, recruiting stars from Israel’s hi-tech industry to bring the forefront of technology and creativity into the IDF’s decision-making.

IDF soldier illustrative.

Germany doubles its investment in Israel's Arrow 3 with new $3.1 billion expansion deal

Germany's defense ministry said that it and the BMVg "have agreed to significantly increase the production rate of Arrow 3 interceptors and launchers to be supplied to Germany."

 Eyal Zamir is seen signing a many-billion-euro deal with Germany to provide Israel’s Arrow 3 missile defense system, 2023 (as Defense Ministry director-general).