Overview
- Brig. Gen. Benny Aminov told the International DefenseTech Summit that Israel has achieved a technological breakthrough in detecting enemy drones at its borders.
- DDR&D is advancing interception solutions using drone-based systems and accelerating development of directed-energy weapons to counter swarms and low-altitude threats.
- IMoD leaders framed the global chip race as a strategic theater, launching the Blue-and-White program and placing procurement orders worth hundreds of millions of shekels for advanced thermal infrared sensors during the current war.
- Avi Berger reported that Israel’s satellites delivered extensive imagery and resilient communications throughout the 12-day war with Iran, driving a push to expand space coverage across the Middle East around the clock in all weather.
- Private investment in Israeli defense startups has surpassed government funding for the first time this year, and DDR&D plans to allocate a double-digit share of next year’s R&D budget to startups and SMEs while formalizing compressed, spiral development and faster testing.