Defense

20 stories about Defense
כוחות מילואים יוצאים מ רצועת עזה

Record defense spending on the table as Israel prepares for potential renewed Iran conflict

20.05.26|Yuval Azulay
Military requests additional funding amid continued escalation across regional fronts.
סימולציית לחימה באתר של בגירה

Bagira’s $1.7 billion IPO tests investor appetite for Israel’s defense boom

14.05.26|Almog Azar
Combat simulator maker posts surging profits, but customer concentration and governance questions may complicate its market debut.
מימין זוהר הלחמי אסף מונסה יניב בנבנישתי חברת D-Fend Solutions

Israeli drone defense startup D-Fend explores sale at $1 billion valuation

07.05.26|Golan Hazani
Counter-drone company hires Goldman Sachs as global demand for anti-UAV systems surges.
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
Asaf Schreiber

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. 
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.