Defense Tech

The next era of warfare takes flight

Heven AeroTech CEO Bentzion Levinson explores the rapid rise of drones on the battlefield and the technologies that could define the future of defense

Bentzion Levinson, CEO of Heven Aerotech at the opening of their offices in Virginia
A Helsing HX2 loitering monition drone is presented at the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA at Schoenefeld Airport in Berlin, Germany, June 10, 2026

Israel’s war-tested weapons are becoming Europe’s new obsession

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems at the 2024 Singapore Airshow

Europe should be begging for Israeli defense tech, not boycotting it- opinion

ROKETSAN’s UAV-230 ballistic missile

Turkey's UAV-launched ballistic missile enters service


For the first time ever: An autonomous drone boat rescues US pilots in Strait of Hormuz

Saronic Technologies' Corsair autonomous surface vessel rescued two US pilots after Iran downed their Apache helicopter

Saronic's Corsair autonomous surface vessel

TSG unveils AI‑driven DroneWeaver System for rapid counter‑UAS defense

DroneWeaver can be a flexible and scalable solution capable of managing complex airspace environments

TSG's DroneWeaver counter-UAS system

Israel's Smart Shooter wins $5.8 million contract with US Marine Corps

Earlier this year, Smart Shooter secured a $10.7 million contract with the US Army and, in early June, another valued at $1.8 million with the US Navy

SMARTSHOOTER's SMASH 3000

IAI, Palladyne AI to team up to sell Harpy, Harop UAVs to Department of War

The partnership comes as the DOW increases investments in loitering munitions to expand capabilities to meet modern battlefield demands. 

IAI's Mini Harpy being launched

Germany and France drop joint fighter jet project

As well as disputes over control of the next phase of development and access to intellectual property, the two sides had widely differing requirements for the aircraft.

Scale models of the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS / SCAF), Europe's next-generation fighter jet, are seen in Paris, France, February 20, 2020

Despite hostility toward Israel, NATO armies are examining a dramatic defense tech upgrade

Elbit completed a major live field demonstration of its export version of the IDF's Digital Ground Army system in Sweden, as European armies look to modernize amid fears of a possible war with Russia

A demonstration of the Digital Ground Army system, June 2026.

As third Israel-Iran war looms closer, IDF needs to make it count - analysis

With fewer interceptors left, training and technology have become the last line of defense in an endless loop of escalation and deterrence.

Ballistic missiles launched from Iran, as seen over the West Bank city of Hebron, June 8, 2026.

Iran already has two 'nuclear weapons,' does it have a third? - opinion

When Washington says "Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon," it means something far broader than enrichment percentages

Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran.

Drone crashes and severed fingers at a $13 billion Silicon Valley military startup

V-BAT has crashed more than 50 times over the past 18 months, a Cessna plane with a Shield AI employee and his child aboard had to take evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision with a V-BAT.

Visitors look at Shield AI’s V-BAT unmanned aerial vehicle on display during the Taipei Aerospace and Defence Technology Exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, September 18, 2025.

The Beirut trap: Why success in Southern Lebanon may not be enough- opinion

Relative quiet alone is not a strategy. What is required is a comprehensive and systematic effort to change the reality inside Lebanon itself.

Demonstrators carry portraits of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 11, 2026