Israeli innovation

Inside Wild West's vision for armed robotics

The Texas-based defense-tech start-up is developing lightweight weapons, munitions, and software for autonomous platforms, with its first operational deployment expected in Israel later this year

'There will be more humanoids than soldiers on the battlefield, and they need special arms just for them,' Wild West Systems CEO David Franco
Israel opens its pavilion at the AUSA exhibition in Washington, October 12, 2026.

Inside the US defense giant: CET Sandbox helps Israeli founders find their way in America

Propeller Drones simulation room

Drones don’t sell on need. They sell on value - opinion

UVision's Hero 90 loitering munition, also known as suicide drone

UVision moves beyond loitering munitions with sensor-to-strike network


AI is the great equalizer - opinion

The knowledge that used to take a career to acquire is now a conversation away. This changes what is actually worth paying for.

An illustrative image of a brain with artificial intelligence (AI).

'Countries want what works': Why Europe wants Israeli tech

As global defense spending rises, Aurelius Capital is betting that combat-proven Israeli technology will lead

Aurelius Capital’s Alon Lifshitz: “The world is turning to what works, and Israeli defense tech works.”
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With defense-tech investment surging, INNOFENSE Cohort 7 opens

INNOFENSE is part of SOSA’s broader work connecting governments, defense organizations, industry leaders, start-ups, and investors to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies. 

Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv

IAI, SIG SAUER test Israeli drone armed with machine gun in live-fire trial

SIG SAUER’s M250 airborne light machine gun can be configured to carry 200 rounds and has a targeting range of 400-600 meters at an altitude of 200 m

IAI and SIG SAUER's FIRESTORM 250 armed drone

The next generation of Israeli entrepreneurs is in defense tech - opinion

Israel’s top young founders aren’t chasing software unicorns. They’re racing into defense tech, where urgency, ambition and national purpose now collide.

ISRAELI DEFENSE-TECH start-ups participate at the Israel Defense Ministry’s Defense Tech week.

Three years after October 7: How crisis rewired Israel’s defense tech ecosystem - analysis

Israel’s October 7 shock forged a defense tech machine that’s faster, harder, and mission‑driven. But the real test is whether it can endure beyond war.

Burnt car remains near the Gaza border, after October 7, 2023

US defense funding paths for Israeli tech: Navigating the Pentagon’s innovation gateways - opinion

Israeli defense tech is surging, and the Pentagon is opening doors. Here’s how startups can tap US funding, testing, and procurement pathways to scale fast.

Defense tech innovation.

Wearable counter‑drone tech enters frontline service across US, Ukraine and IDF units

The wearable counter‑drone kit, deployed by Ukrainian troops and IDF forces and integrated into US Army exercises under EUCOM as top US commander warns troops will be ‘hunted’ by autonomous systems

Skylock's Wearable Kit counter-drone solution

Maala: The ESG engine quietly rewiring Israeli corporate culture

Maala’s influence is quiet, but structural. It is shaping expectations in boardrooms, guiding investor scrutiny, and setting the standards by which corporate leadership is increasingly judged

Intel research and development office in Matam business park in Haifa.

Protego Ventures closes $125m. Fund I, expands focus on early‑growth defense companies

Protego was founded by Lital Leshem and Lee Moser and invests in Israeli companies that have demonstrated operational performance

Lital Leshem and Lee Moser founded Protego, Israel’s first and largest defense-tech venture capital firms after October 7 to support a growing number of start-ups in the field.