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 2007 statute that gave Israel's defense export regime a legal foundation. SIBAT coordinates. DECA licenses. The Ministry of Economy runs the dual-…
Israel ran a two-speed economy through the Iran war — a slow domestic economy that contracted 3.3% and a fast export economy that raised $3.4B in the…
Iron Beam, the world's first operational high-power laser air defense system, was delivered to the IDF on December 28, 2025. It shifts the cost econom…
Inside the United Arab Emirates' acquisition of Israeli defense systems since the 2020 Abraham Accords — air defense, counter-UAS, drones, cyber, and…
Ofek reconnaissance satellites. Shavit launch vehicle. AMOS commercial communications. ImageSat's EROS constellation. The Israel Space Agency. Israel…
Xtend, Robotican, SpearUAV, and UVision lead Israel's second wave of defense-tech founders. This makes the venture market a separately-priced asset cl…
Israeli defense exports reached a reported $14.8B in 2024. The 2028 FMF cliff is the forcing function. The Olam tracks the Sovereignty Doctrine — and…
The largest concentration of cyber-defense capability per capita globally. Anchored by Unit 8200 and Unit 81 graduate pipelines, scaled by venture arc…
Europe took a reported 54% of Israeli defense exports in 2024 — up from 35%. Germany on Arrow 3 ($6.5B). Finland on David's Sling. The Olam tracks Isr…
