Defense Tech

Israeli companies show off battle-proven systems at Farnborough Airshow

IAI unveils new multi-mission aircraft while Rafael showcases the Iron Beam laser defense system and Elbit Systems to highlight it's role as a supplier to the British Armed Forces

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' LITENING 5 targeting pod
An Orion tactical awareness system, made by Israeli firm ASIO.

Israeli startup ASIO raises $15 million to boost worldwide deployment of its tactical platforms

Lockheed Martin’s Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE)

Lockheed to make cheaper Patriot interceptors as air defense demand soars

Illustrative image of a drone

IAI's new ‘HYPNOSIS’ system aims to blind enemy drones in flight


Europe should be begging for Israeli defense tech, not boycotting it- opinion

The continent that cannot produce a credible domestic alternative, has not fought a peer war in half a century, and is now locking out the only people qualified to equip it

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems at the 2024 Singapore Airshow

Turkey's UAV-launched ballistic missile enters service

The IHA-230 is an air-to-surface ballistic supersonic missile with a range of over 150 kilometers

ROKETSAN’s UAV-230 ballistic missile

For the first time ever: An autonomous drone boat rescues US pilots in Strait of Hormuz

Saronic Technologies' Corsair autonomous surface vessel rescued two US pilots after Iran downed their Apache helicopter

Saronic's Corsair autonomous surface vessel

TSG unveils AI‑driven DroneWeaver System for rapid counter‑UAS defense

DroneWeaver can be a flexible and scalable solution capable of managing complex airspace environments

TSG's DroneWeaver counter-UAS system

Israel's Smart Shooter wins $5.8 million contract with US Marine Corps

Earlier this year, Smart Shooter secured a $10.7 million contract with the US Army and, in early June, another valued at $1.8 million with the US Navy

SMARTSHOOTER's SMASH 3000

IAI, Palladyne AI to team up to sell Harpy, Harop UAVs to Department of War

The partnership comes as the DOW increases investments in loitering munitions to expand capabilities to meet modern battlefield demands. 

IAI's Mini Harpy being launched

Germany and France drop joint fighter jet project

As well as disputes over control of the next phase of development and access to intellectual property, the two sides had widely differing requirements for the aircraft.

Scale models of the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS / SCAF), Europe's next-generation fighter jet, are seen in Paris, France, February 20, 2020

Despite hostility toward Israel, NATO armies are examining a dramatic defense tech upgrade

Elbit completed a major live field demonstration of its export version of the IDF's Digital Ground Army system in Sweden, as European armies look to modernize amid fears of a possible war with Russia

A demonstration of the Digital Ground Army system, June 2026.

As third Israel-Iran war looms closer, IDF needs to make it count - analysis

With fewer interceptors left, training and technology have become the last line of defense in an endless loop of escalation and deterrence.

Ballistic missiles launched from Iran, as seen over the West Bank city of Hebron, June 8, 2026.

Iran already has two 'nuclear weapons,' does it have a third? - opinion

When Washington says "Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon," it means something far broader than enrichment percentages

Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran.