Israeli Defense Industry · May 26, 2026, 6:14 AM EDT
The Defense-Tech Capital Tracker: Q2 2026Q2 2026 Israeli defense-tech capital activity accelerated past Q1: Kela became the sector's second unicorn at a $1B valuation, XTEND advanced its $1.5…
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Israel's defense business, from weapons development to export contracts, with a close look at the manufacturers and startups competing for orders.
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Lead storyIsraeli Defense Industry · May 28, 2026, 4:58 AM EDT
Elbit and the $30 Billion Backlog
Israel’s largest defense prime by order book just crossed $30 billion in backlog — 71% of it foreign. Inside the Federmann-controlled, Nasdaq-listed company that turned European rearmament into a record order book.
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- UAE Acquisitions of Israeli Defense Systems: The Post-Accords Defense Trade
- The Israel-US Defense Corridor
- Active Protection and Ground Defense Systems
- Israel-Gulf Strategic Technology Trade in the Post-CEPA Era
- AI in Defense
- The Israel-India Technology Corridor: Defense, Cyber, Water, and Pharma
- Autonomous Systems and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- The Israeli Defense Export Market
- The Israeli Defense Budget Architecture
- The Israeli Cyber-Defense Industrial Base
- Inside Israel's $14.8 Billion Defense Export Year
- The Iron Dome Architecture
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Israeli Defense Industry · Jul 1, 2026, 8:13 AM EDT
Anduril Israel: Palmer Luckey's $61B Defense-Tech Giant Builds Its Tel Aviv OperationAnduril Industries ($61B valuation, $2.2B revenue, ~7,000 employees) is in advanced talks to establish R&D and manufacturing inside Israel. Former IAF…
Israeli Defense Industry · Mar 1, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
The UAE-Israel Bilateral: How Trade Grew from Zero to $3 Billion in Five YearsUAE-Israel bilateral trade grew from zero to $3 billion in five years, anchored by the CEPA agreement. This expansion includes defense and fintech act…
Israeli Defense Industry · Sep 6, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
XTEND: The JFB Merger and the Move to NYSE as XTNDXTEND went public via an all-stock merger with JFB Construction Holdings on September 3, 2026. The combined company now trades on the NYSE as XTND.
Israeli Defense Industry · Sep 10, 2026, 5:23 AM EDT
Israeli Iron Dome Engineer Co-Founds US Missile Startup CovenantCovenant, co-founded by former Rafael Iron Dome engineer Ofir Dayan, exits stealth with a Dallas missile factory and a northern Israel plant producing…
Israeli Defense Industry · Apr 20, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
Autonomous Systems and Unmanned Aerial VehiclesIsrael deployed the first operational combat UAV in 1982. Five decades on, its industrial base spans the full stack, from Heron to the UVision Hero se…
Israeli Defense Industry · Mar 28, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
The Israeli Defense Budget Architecture
Israeli Defense Industry · Sep 24, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT
Arrow 3: Israel's Exo-Atmospheric Missile Defense InterceptorArrow 3: IAI exo-atmospheric interceptor. Combat-proven against Iranian missiles — Nov 2023, April 2024, June 2025 (86% intercept, 550 missiles). Germ…
Israeli Defense Industry · Sep 22, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT
Israel–South Korea: Trophy on the K2, Chips in the Pipeline, and the Corridor Nobody CoversIsrael-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…