Hilla Haddad Chmelnik

Hilla Haddad Chmelnik is an aeronautical engineer, a member of the Iron Dome development team, former director-general of the Innovation, Science, and Technology Ministry, and currently a founding partner and CEO of Moonshot Space, an aerospace start-up.

Israel’s role in lunar infrastructure could define future space power - opinion

The moon will become an extension of Earth’s economic and security architecture

MARCH 11, 2026

A SpaceX Falcon Nine rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, August 1, 2025.

A wake-up call for Jerusalem: Space superiority is a security and economic imperative - opinion

Trump's executive order underscores that space is no longer a peripheral arena; it is a central pillar of national power

JANUARY 29, 2026

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.

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.

DECEMBER 23, 2025

Hypersonics: A slow race with fast consequences, what does it mean for Israel? - opinion

The global hypersonic race is slower than it seems-but Israel may not have the luxury of time. Is Israel's core defense doctrine at risk?

NOVEMBER 9, 2025

Houthi soldiers stand guard on a missile carrier during an official military parade marking the ninth anniversary of the Houthi takeover of the capital, Sanaa, on September 21, 2023.

Israel must expand beyond defense in order to win in space - opinion

Indigenous launch capability is rare. A strategic decision can turn it into economic power.

OCTOBER 27, 2025