Defense industry

Anduril founders invest in Israeli underground warfare startup

Traysar was unveiled last week at an industry conference in Detroit. It produces engineering components and digging machines for use against terrorist tunnels and underground military bases

Traysar boring machine for destroying tunnels
An IDF soldier holds a combined Israeli-American Flag

The Sixth Eye: Reframing US security assistance to Israel- opinion

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te attends the graduation ceremony for military cadets in Taipei, Taiwan, June 30, 2026.

A hornet's nest of drones is needed to save Taiwan from conflict, says US diplomat

Launchers carrying Tamir interceptors from the Iron Dome system were seen recently during their first deployment beyond the US mainland, as part of a US military exercise on Guam.

US Marine Corps deploys Iron Dome interceptors in Guam for China war drills


EagleNXT deepens buying spree in Israel with $10m. investment in ThirdEye Systems

There are also plans for a US-based joint venture in Texas, that would help ThirdEye enter the North American market

ThirdEye drone detection system

R2 Wireless is making the invisible battlespace visible

"ODIN allows you to see, and if you can see, then you can see everything. It turns the invisible visible and that’s an incredible advantage.”

A drone flying with R2 Wireless to see the invisible battlespace

From crisis to capital: Iron Nation launches $60 million to help Israeli startups expand to US

This is the firm's second fund, established following the October 7 attacks to bolster Israeli entrepreneurship during the conflict.

Chen Linchevsky (Left), Jason Wolf (Middle), and Gil Friedlander (Right).

Sharing the sky: Urban air mobility and the questions we must answer before we fly-opinion

It's a different kind of traffic, but every hard problem in UAM is a hard problem in defense.

AIR One eVTOL

Trump proposes 'historic' defense spending budget, eyes 10% cut to other federal programs

US President Donald Trump's proposal for 2027 includes increasing defense spending from $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion, while cutting back on major federal departments such as health and agriculture.

US President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony for an execituve order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2026.

Israeli 3D-printing firm joins major Pentagon manufacturing program

Stratasys will help the US military qualify and scale 3D-printed parts faster, as the Pentagon pushes to strengthen supply chains and modernize aging platforms.

A US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III lands at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 8, 2026.

India receives first batch of NEGEV 7.62 LMGs from Israel’s IWI

The delivery marks the opening phase of a much larger 41,000‑unit order signed in August 2024. An additional 4,000 are scheduled to be delivered later this year.

IWI's Negev 7 Light Machine Gun

Pentagon denies report of Hegseth-linked pre-strike defense investments

Hegseth's Morgan Stanley broker contacted BlackRock in February about making a multimillion-dollar investment, while the Pentagon's spokesperson called the story "entirely false and fabricated."

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth described Israel as a true ally during a press conference at the Pentagon on March 2, in Arlington, Virginia.

The Janus frontier: One innovation, two destinies- opinion

One face is turned toward security, while the other is turned toward the global commercial frontier to drive economic growth and redefining civilian life

An unmanned ground vehicle is seen next to a counter UAS system A1-Falke by Argus Interception during the defence exercise "Red Storm Bravo" in which civilian and military coordination is trained and led by German army Bundeswehr in Hamburg, Germany, September 26, 2025

XTEND, ParaZero to advance autonomous drone‑interception capabilities

The collaboration enables the drone to autonomously pursue, capture, and secure an enemy drone by using a physical net launched for capture. 

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