Israeli Defense Industry

Israel Aerospace Industries is the state-owned spine of Israeli defense. $5.5 billion in revenue. $20B+ backlog. Arrow, Heron, Harop, ELTA. The $3.5B…

Plasan is the kibbutz-owned Israeli armor company whose lightweight composite armor protects the US MRAP, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, and a gene…

Anduril Industries ($61B valuation, $2.2B revenue, ~7,000 employees) is in advanced talks to establish R&D and manufacturing inside Israel. Former IAF…

Where does Israeli defense end and commercial begin? The MOD dual-use envelope that pulls commercial encryption, cyber tools, sensors, and communicati…

119 Israeli-founded companies. $2.3B in output. Night vision in Roanoke since 1959. IAI HQ in Herndon. 38 of the top 100 defense firms in one county.

Q1 2026 recorded the highest concentration of Israeli defense-tech capital activity since the 2025 breakout year. Heven crossed unicorn. XTEND pre-IPO…

Plasan armors the JLTV. The world leader in vehicle armor was founded on Kibbutz Sasa, one mile from the Lebanese border, in 1985. A kibbutz under fir…

David's Sling is the mid-tier interceptor in Israel's layered air defense. Built by Rafael and Raytheon, operational since 2017, engages short-to-medi…

Q1 2026 marks the post-October 7 backlog peak for Israeli primes. Elbit above $22B, IAI above $20B, Rafael mid-teens. Set against Lockheed ($176B), RT…