Drone

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.

|BySHAY SENIOR
Robotican's hybrid Rooster drone and autonomous dog robot
Ondas is expanding its integrated autonomous defense systems platform

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

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A Pakistan Air Force fighter jet drops flares during a rehearsal in Islamabad on May 8, 2026 marking one year since the IndiaPakistan clashes that followed an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir.

Pakistan launches precision airstrikes on Afghanistan following thwarted drone attack from border

Islamabad accuses Kabul of harboring militants who stage cross-border attacks, but Afghanistan's Taliban government denies harboring anti-Pakistani insurgents.

|ByREUTERS
IDF soldiers operating at the scene of the ramming terror attack at the Maccabim checkpoint, September 23, 2026.

Katz attacks Erdogan over UNGA speech as Netanyahu heads to New York to take the stage

Senior IRGC commander killed in clash on Iran-Pakistan border • EU's Costa urges Iran to comply with IAEA • Pezeshkian says Iran 'will not bow to force'

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Netanyahu threatens Hezbollah with more strikes as Trump claims Iran wants deal

Netanyahu wants to raise IDF budget; Lapid conditions it on canceling Haredi funds • Netanyahu warns Hezbollah of retaliation • IDF reveals Hezbollah trying to establish footholds in southern Lebanon

SEPTEMBER 14, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of al-Hanniyeh shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli controlled explosion in the area of al-Mansouri on September 8, 2026.

Iran requested new Russian Geran drones for attacks on Israeli, American targets amid war - report

Russia based the original Geran, which carries a 20-kilogram warhead and has a top speed of 185 kph, on Iranian-designed Shahed drones.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People look at an Iranian-designed HESA Shahed 136 (Geran-2) drone at an open-air exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment on Mykhailivska Square in front of Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral, in Kyiv, on April 7, 2026.

IDF says Lebanon not sufficiently tackling Hezbollah, Kushner calls Israel’s Doha strike ‘terrible'

IDF kills two Hamas terrorists in Gaza City strike • Alerts sound in Saudi Arabia near Yemen border • Iran's President Pezeshkian vows not to surrender

SEPTEMBER 13, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
This photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of al-Hanniyeh shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli controlled explosion in the area of al-Mansouri on September 8, 2026.

Pezeshkian accuses US of war crimes after explosions reported on Iran’s Qeshm Island

Houthis damage mosque in attack on Saudi Arabia • Houthis capture both sides of Bab al-Mandeb Strait • Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia

SEPTEMBER 12, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12, 2026.

Reinventing the battlefield

Israel's defense giants and a new generations of startups are reshaping how the country fights its wars

SEPTEMBER 11, 2026ByANNA AHRONHEIM
AeroSentinel G2 drone in active operation, providing real-time aerial intelligence in complex environments.

Saudi pipeline struck by drone launched from Iraq, Israel-Lebanon talks to continue in Washington

Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia • Houthis capture both sides of Bab al-Mandeb Strait • US announces new terror sanctions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A satellite image shows black smoke rising from an area of Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline south of Medina, Hejaz Region, Saudi Arabia September 10, 2026.

UK man charged with aiding Russian intelligence, planning drone factory sabotage

A UK man is accused of providing Russian intelligence with details of four drone factories and volunteering to sabotage them, as Britain warns of growing Russian-linked threats.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2026ByREUTERS
A general view outside Westminster Magistrates' Court on July 21, 2026 in London, England.

Houthis take control of Yemen's Mocha Port, Duvdevan troops arrest terrorist after week-long search

Iran is producing new ballistic missiles • Israeli strike kills parents and two children in Gaza, Hamas Health Ministry officials say • IDF kills Hamas Nukhba terrorist

SEPTEMBER 10, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A view of damaged vessels in the aftermath of Houthi strikes on the Yemeni port of Mocha, Yemen, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on August 15, 2026.

Panama tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil struck by drone in Iraqi waters

Iraqi rescue boats extinguished a fire aboard the tanker, New Andros, and there were no reports of casualties, port officials told Reuters.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2026ByREUTERS
Drone view of oil tanker HELGA berthed at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, April 24, 2026.

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works quietly meets with Israeli defense-tech start-ups - exclusive

In a rare visit, Skunk Works met Israeli defense officials and start-ups to identify combat‑validated technologies for integration into American systems

SEPTEMBER 9, 2026ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Lockheed Martin’s California Skunk Works facility spans 215,000 square feet