Defense & Security · 60 stories · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Israel's defense business, from weapons development to export contracts, with a close look at the manufacturers and startups competing for orders.
Lead storyPoland has built one of Israel's deepest NATO defense relationships, from Spike missiles and Patriot interceptors to Elta radar and Trophy tank protection.
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Poland has built one of Israel's deepest NATO defense relationships, from Spike missiles and Patriot interceptors to Elta radar and Trophy tank protec…
Israel is Vietnam's second-largest arms supplier after Russia. A new $250 million deal gives Vietnam its own factory to build Rafael's newest loiterin…
Israel finalized roughly $8.6 billion in defense deals with India for 2026, its second-largest arms customer after France. From Barak-8 missiles alrea…
PULS is Elbit's precision rocket artillery system, now in service or on order with Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Greece. Its real competitor…
Israel's defense industry is a $14.795B (2024) / ~$19.2B (2025) export machine with a ~$90B prime-contractor backlog. IAI, Rafael, Elbit — plus a defe…
Israel's largest publicly listed defense company. TASE: ESLT; NASDAQ: ESLT. FY2025 revenue $7.94B (+16%). Backlog $30.2B (Q1 2026), ~71% foreign. Fede…
Arrow 3: IAI exo-atmospheric interceptor. Combat-proven against Iranian missiles — Nov 2023, April 2024, June 2025 (86% intercept, 550 missiles). Germ…
The Czech Republic anchors its air defense on Israeli MMR radar and SPYDER missiles, backed by a 20-year IAI sustainment contract signed in 2024.
Israel-South Korea: $3.4B trade, new FTA (Dec 2024), Trophy APS on K2 tank, Spike missiles, ELTA radars. Seoul building "Korean Iron Dome." Pax Silica…
