Israeli innovation

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

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

Defense tech innovation.

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

Skylock's Wearable Kit counter-drone solution

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


IATI connects VC funds with foreign ambassadors and attachés in Israel

The Israel Advanced Technology Industries Association (IATI) held a unique meeting connecting venture capital funds with the forum of foreign ambassadors and attachés in Israel.

From right: Ambassador of Japan, ARAI Yusuke, alongside Ambassador of Singapore, Ian Mak; in the center: Karin Mayer Rubinstein, CEO and President of the Israel Advanced Technology Industries Association (IATI); from left: Ambassador of South Korea, Park Inho.

Tech industry mutating before our eyes

High-tech 2026 looks completely different from what we knew just a few years ago. Fewer management layers, fewer large teams, and a great deal more automation.

People walk near office towers at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020

UVeye scales automated vehicle‑inspection tech across global automotive markets

The drive-thru system that uses computer vision and deep learning to provide precise, data-driven insights about anomalies passing through its system-providing a full report in less than one minute

Uveye's mobile automotive inspection platform

Israeli AI defense-tech firm Airis Labs emerges from stealth with $60m. in funding

Airis Labs turns unstructured visual data from smartphones, social media, digital forensics, security and body cameras, and drones into machine-readable intelligence

ON THE front line of the cyber war, Israel has become one of the world’s most targeted countries for cyberattacks, with state-backed hackers increasingly using AI to probe government networks, companies, and critical infrastructure.

Israel defense ecosystem meets to accelerate fieldable counter‑drone tech

Sparked by a message from the frontlines, CET Sandbox put together an urgent seminar to bring counter-drone tech to troops in the field who are scrambling to counter Hezbollah attack drones

IDF officers gathered at the event to find the most relevant tech to fight Hezbollah drones

Israeli defense tech companies High Lander and ThirdEye team up against hostile drones

The agreement will integrate ThirdEye’s MeduzaX optical‑detection system into High Lander’s Vega uncrewed traffic‑management platform

ThirdEye drone detection system

Rafael unveils Storm Shield to protect UAVs in contested environments

During Operation Roaring Lion, aka Epic Fury, several American and Israeli drones were downed by Iranian systems.

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' Storm Shield

New drone‑mounted robot transforms high‑voltage maintenance in Israel

Replacing helicopters with robotics, the IEC’s new drone system promises safer crews, lower costs, and a smarter national grid.

 Airborne robotic system for installing and removing warning balls

Elon Musk: We'll launch self-driving technology in Israel soon

Musk spoke to the 9th International Conference on Smart Transportation by live video from Texas

Elon Musk

Israeli start‑up Kela named winner in DIU's Drone Dominance Program's lethality challenge

Kela was named one of five winners in the DIU’s Lethality Challenge, advancing next‑gen small‑drone capabilities.

Kela has partnered with Starling to bring an advanced fixed-wing eVTOL-in-a-box autonomous aerial system to Israel