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מימין עמר בר אילן גייסון מני חמוטל מרידור ו אלון דרור מייסדי קלע סטארט אפ KELA

Kela raising $200 million at $1 billion valuation with backing from Bill Ackman and Eric Schmidt

05.05.26|Sophie Shulman

The Israeli defense startup is building an operating system to integrate modern military systems.

תיעוד מטוסי קרב חיל האוויר בדרכם תקיפה איראן מבצע שאגת הארי

Lasers, air defense and AI take center stage as Israel and U.S. enter post-aid era

26.04.26|Yuval Azulay

New security talks signal a shift from direct funding to joint development of advanced military technologies.

מימין ראם עמינח ו יעקב קוינט

Iron Dome developer Rafael advances IPO at over $20 billion valuation, taps senior advisers

21.04.26|Yuval Azulay

Government-owned defense giant lines up experienced advisers as it moves closer to a potential partial privatization and market debut.

ראשת ממשלת איטליה ג'ורג'יה מלוני וקנצלר גרמניה פרידריך מרץ

Israel’s defense diplomacy faces mounting challenges in Europe

19.04.26|Yuval Azulay

Italy, France and others signal growing discomfort with current policies.

הקברניט לייזר נשק אנרגיה אור איתן

Low-cost interception systems and spectrum control are reshaping the battlefield

14.04.26|Evan Renov, Lisya Bahar Manoah

The economic efficiency of defense systems is becoming an integral part of military strategy, driving investors and companies in the defense and deep tech sectors to focus on technologies that can rebalance the equation.

לוחמים עם חליפות הסוואה של פיברוטקס

Camouflage giant Fibrotex explores sale at $1 billion valuation

12.04.26|Golan Hazani

Company hires Jefferies to lead stake sale amid rising military demand.

תערוכת דיפנס טק סיטק שי פלטי וידאו

"A lot of techno diplomacy": Netline CEO on the challenges of exporting Israeli defense tech

31.03.26|Amy Shapiro

Amid Israel's defense sector gold rush, CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Shai Palti, CEO of Netline, about balancing the growing demand for “spectrum dominance” while navigating export controls and international branding.

צה"ל בגבול לבנון

Cost of war soars: Israel faces mounting defense budget shortfall

24.03.26|Yuval Azulay

Daily military spending reaches NIS 1.7 billion as multi-front conflict intensifies

The backlog-to-revenue gap: Why the next defense winners will be built on delivery speed

23.03.26|Asaf Schreiber

"The companies that can iterate at software speed, in the domains that matter most right now, are the ones that will define the next layer of the stack. Israel has already run this playbook once. Defense can be next," writes Asaf Schreiber, an Associate at Viola Ventures.

אושרי לוגסי מנכ"ל משותף של חברת אונדס החזקות

Insider links surface in Ondas’ Indo acquisition

19.03.26|Yuval Azulay

Co-CEO Oshri Lugassy’s consulting firm stake highlights overlap between buyer and seller.

רובוט Ground Robot רובוט של חברת רובוטם נרכשה ע"י חברת אונדס

Unknown investor, expanding arsenal: Ondas buys four defense firms in days

19.03.26|Yuval Azulay

The deal to acquire Indo Earth Moving expands the U.S.-registered company’s rapid takeover of Israeli defense firms.

רובוט Ground Robot רובוט של חברת רובוטם נרכשה ע"י חברת אונדס

Mystery-funded defense firm Ondas expands Israeli buying spree with Bird Aerosystems acquisition at $133 million valuation

19.03.26|Yuval Azulay

The deal expands the U.S.-registered company’s rapid takeover of Israeli defense firms.

תערוכת דיפנס טק סיטק יואב גלצר וידאו

"Ensuring the hits": The frontline feedback behind Smart Shooter's fire control tech

19.03.26|Amy Shapiro

Against the backdrop of Israel's defense sector surge, CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Yoav Galster, Product Manager at Smart Shooter, whose unique fire control system company recently went public.

בועז לוי מנכ"ל התעשיה האווירית ו יאיר כץ יו"ר וועד עובדי התעשיה האווירית לישראל

Arrow missile maker IAI to hand out over $70 million in bonuses after record profit

17.03.26|Yuval Azulay

State-owned defense giant rewards workers after record earnings and wartime operations.

מערכת לייזר מגן אור של חברת אלביט

Israel orders airborne laser system for fighter jets and helicopters

17.03.26|Yuval Azulay

Elbit Systems says the system is designed to intercept ballistic missile threats. "The UAE is part of the current war with Iran and represents significant potential for our systems," said Elbit CEO Bezhalel Machlis, after the company reported a more than 16% increase in revenue to approximately $8 billion in 2025.

תערוכת דיפנס טק סיטק מני שלום וידאו

"We are entering a defense era": How T3 Defense identifies the vital building blocks of the modern battlefield

17.03.26|Amy Shapiro

CTech’s Amy Shapiro chats with Menny Shalom, CEO of T3 Defense, exploring his 22-point acquisition strategy and the global "defense era" from which Israel’s tech sector is emerging as a major force.

תערוכת דיפנס טק סיטק אהוד שפיר וידאו

"It's like you're playing PlayStation": Simulation veteran Tiltan eyes the global defense market post-acquisition

12.03.26|Amy Shapiro

CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Ehud (Udi) Shafir, acting CEO of Tiltan Software Engineering, a 30-year veteran of the Israeli defense sector riding the industry's tailwinds with plans to scale its "digital twin" technology globally.

הקברניט נושאת מטוסים איראן כטב"מ 4

Iran’s drones vs. Israeli solutions: The battle for airspace dominance

10.03.26|Amy Shapiro

While the Iranian missile threat has diminished since the start of Operation Roaring Lion, suicide drone saturation campaigns remain a critical challenge for the Gulf states and Israel. Here are some of the local defense tech companies developing the tech solutions to track and neutralize hostile UAVs.

סוללת טילי חץ שהוצבה באזור ברלין גרמניה

Israel becomes seventh-largest arms exporter even as war rages

New data shows the Israeli defense industry gaining market share even as the country relies on foreign weapons imports.

תערוכת דיפנס טק סיטק עדן רזינובצקי גודל וידאו

"An homage to October 7": The story behind the world’s first automatic tourniquet

10.03.26|Amy Shapiro

CTech’s Amy Shapiro talks to Edan Razinovsky, CEO of XMetix, which is automating life-saving medical tech with the world’s first automatic tourniquet against the backdrop of a local defense-sector surge.