Israel Signs Major Contract to Boost Iron Dome Production
Israel has signed an agreement worth billions of dollars to speed up the manufacturing of Iron Dome. The pact sets aside $5.2 billion for air-defence systems.
IDF News
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Israel Retaliates Iran with Missile Strikes
Israel has executed a sequence of missile strikes against Iran in retaliation for Iran’s recent missile attack earlier this month.
Bilateral Relations
Israel to Retaliate Iran’s Missile Attack
Israel Defence Forces chief of staff, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, says that Israel will hit back, but the way and timing is unclear.
Air
Sensors
E/W
Israel Tests its “Most Advanced” Spy Plane
Israel starts test flights of its “most advanced” aircraft for ISR missions, the Oron.
Land
Engine and Transmission
Israel Introduces the Namer 1500 APC
The Israeli Defence Ministry introduced a new generation Namer (Leopard) 1500 APC, which will be delivered to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).
Air
Israel Grounds F-35 A Lightning IIs Following F-35B Crash
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) reported on Sunday that it grounded 11 F-35A stealth fighters out of 33 following the advice of the F-35 Lightning II JPO.
Weapon / Missile
Bilateral Relations
Greek Cyprus Acquires Israel’s Iron Dome
Greek Cyprus has reportedly struck a deal with Israel to purchase Rafael Advanced Defence Systems' air defence systems to shoot down Turkish UAVs.
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Unmanned Systems
Israel develops voice commands to control drones
Israel is working on a system that allows ground troops to use voice commands against unmanned systems or drones.
Weapon / Missile
IDF Completed the Live-Fire Tests of The “C-Dome”
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said on Monday that it had successfully tested the naval configuration of the Iron Dome missile defence system: The C-Dome.
Air
Israel signs deal for KC-46 tankers and CH-53 helicopters
Israel has agreed to buy two Boeing KC-46A tankers and 12 Lockheed Martin CH-53K helicopters in a long-awaited deal. The total cost will be $3 billion.
Air
Unmanned Systems
Israel Uses AI-Controlled Drone Swarms in Combat
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has formally acknowledged its use of swarms of AI-assisted drones during air and missile strikes against Gaza.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
