Anna Ahronheim

Anna Ahronheim is the editor for Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post . With a keen interest in the Middle East, terrorism, and terrorist groups, she moved from Canada to Israel and received her MA in Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security at the Interdisciplinary Center of Herzilya, Israel. She started her career at i24News before moving to The Jerusalem Post where she was the military reporter.

Ukraine's Sargan-3000 unmanned surface vessel

Ukraine wins first reported naval drone‑on‑drone battle in the Black Sea

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture.

Israeli experts are warning that AI is exponentially increasing cyber threats

AeroSentinel G2 drone in active operation, providing real-time aerial intelligence in complex environments.

Reinventing the battlefield


No. 11: Larry Fink: The Jewish power broker at the center of global finance

Larry Fink combines BlackRock’s $10 trillion global influence with deeply personal support for Israel and active leadership in the Jewish world.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

No. 33: Boaz Levy: Engineering Israel’s defense future

As one of the country’s leading aerospace engineers, Levy’s work has been central to the development of the Arrow missile-defense system that today protects Israel from long-range threats.

Boaz Levy, CEO of IAI

No. 35: Yoav Turgeman, Bezalel Machlis, and Inbal Kreiss: Powering Israel’s defense revolution

Machlis is the president and CEO of Elbit • Kreiss is one of the most prominent people in Israel’s defense and space industries • Turgeman spent over 40 years shaping Israel’s defense capabilities

(L-R): Yoav Turgeman, Bezalel (Butzi) Machlis, and Inbal Kreiss

Covenant emerges from stealth and unveils Anthem, a deep‑strike precision missile

The secretive start-up is emerging from stealth with more than $250 million in funding, facilities in the US, Germany, and Israel, and plans to produce as many as 5,000 long-range weapons a year

Covenant's Anthem while in flight

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

Lockheed Martin’s California Skunk Works facility spans 215,000 square feet

Arkia announces first direct flight to Manila, Philippines, opening January 2027

Israel's first direct flight to the Philippines is set to begin in 2027.

Airbus A321 aircraft, Arkia.

Germany on its way to getting Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system

While it may take awhile before an Iron Dome battery will be deployed on German soil, Germany sees Israeli missile defense as the best bet against hostile Russian activity.

 The Iron Dome air defense missile systems is seen during operational trials conducted following the conclusion Operation Shield and Arrow on May 14, 2023

Israel's SpearUAV announces 1,000 suicide drones ready to deploy around the world

Built from lessons in modern conflict zones, the Viper 300 delivers stealth ISR and precision strikes for troops

SpearUAV's Viper 300 ready to be deployed around the globe

Rafael, Aurelius to build Iron Dome components at former Volkswagen plant in Germany's Lower Saxony

While the Iron Dome’s Tamir interceptor itself will not be manufactured there, military vehicles, launchers, generators, and other equipment will be

An Iron Dome anti-missile battery is stationed near the Israeli-Syrian border,, in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on January 3, 2020.

PayPal layoffs hit Israel as payment giant restructures global operations

The cut will hit the Tel Aviv development center, which develops artificial intelligence systems to analyze transactions in real time, detect fraud, and prevent money laundering.

 A smartphone with the PayPal logo is placed on a laptop in this illustration taken on July 14, 2021.