Defense & Security · 61 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 storyIsrael’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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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.
Israeli defense-tech founder presence is dense inside Israel — and thinner than commonly assumed across American and European defense unicorns. A publ…
Israel invented the loitering munition category in the 1980s. Forty years later, the Israeli cohort — IAI Harop, UVision Hero, Elbit Skystriker — stil…
The 2016 US-Israel MOU expires in 2028. $3.8B/year in Foreign Military Financing. The off-shore procurement provision phases out. The structural shift…
David's Sling is Israel's mid-tier interceptor, built by Rafael and Raytheon. Operational since 2017, it engages short-to-medium range ballistic missi…
The Spike missile family is the most successful Israeli weapons export in modern history. Built by Rafael, produced by Eurospike for European customer…
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…
Elbit Systems closed 2025 with $7.94 billion in revenue and a $28.1 billion order backlog. Inside the Hermes, PULS, and laser portfolio that has made…
Olam tested Anthropic's Claude on 40 informational prompts about Hamas, the IDF, and the war in Gaza on July 8–9, 2026. Composite Framing Index Score:…
