Iron Sting: Israelis Will Demo Smart Mortar For US

Iron Sting: Israelis Will Demo Smart Mortar For US
Iron Sting: Israelis Will Demo Smart Mortar For US

Elbit’s 120 mm mortar uses GPS and lasers to make the infantry’s favorite heavy weapon precision-guided – and the US is looking to upgrade its own 120s on Strykers and AMPVs.

Israel Seeks US Help On Lasers

Israel Seeks US Help On Lasers
Israel Seeks US Help On Lasers

After years of favoring missiles, Israel is back in the laser business, with Rafael developing a ground-based 100-kW-class weapon and Elbit an airborne one.

COVID-19: Israel Deploys New Mask & C2 Technologies

COVID-19: Israel Deploys New Mask & C2 Technologies
COVID-19: Israel Deploys New Mask & C2 Technologies

TEL AVIV: Israel’s Ministry of Defense and Israeli defense industries are working to develop and deploy defense technologies adapted for use in the fight against COVID-19. Israel’s Mossad managed to put its hands on critical supplies from other countries needed for Israeli hospitals. No further details are available on these Mossad missions but sources here…

Elbit Shows Off High-End Testbed Packed With AI-Powered Gear

Elbit Shows Off High-End Testbed Packed With AI-Powered Gear
Elbit Shows Off High-End Testbed Packed With AI-Powered Gear

The armored ground vehicles of the future will allow soldiers to do things their predecessors only dreamed about.

Israel Unveils New Ground Forces Concept: Fast & Very High Tech

Israel Unveils New Ground Forces Concept: Fast & Very High Tech
Israel Unveils New Ground Forces Concept: Fast & Very High Tech

The first demonstration of Carmel was held Aug. 4 before the Ministry of Defense Director General, the IDF Deputy Chief of General Staff, commander of the Ground Forces, the head of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development, and other senior defense officials.

Euro Tanker Program Plans To Expand

Euro Tanker Program Plans To Expand
Euro Tanker Program Plans To Expand

Didier Plantecoste, head of the MRTT program at Airbus, says the allied tanker program is wooing new European customers in “the South.”

Israel: Does Elbit’s Rise Mean IAI’s Downfall?

Israel: Does Elbit’s Rise Mean IAI’s Downfall?
Israel: Does Elbit’s Rise Mean IAI’s Downfall?

“Before I took office,” IAI chairman Harel Locker said at a recent conference, “(I) realized that if the company did not change, it could collapse within a few years.”

Army Bradley Brigade Will Get Israeli Anti-Missile System: Iron Fist

Army Bradley Brigade Will Get Israeli Anti-Missile System: Iron Fist
Army Bradley Brigade Will Get Israeli Anti-Missile System: Iron Fist

WASHINGTON: Seeking to stop Russian-made anti-tank missiles, the US Army will buy Israel’s Iron Fist Active Protection System for a brigade of its M2 Bradley armored vehicles, Breaking Defense has learned. The decision comes after weeks of confusing statements by Army officials and months of delays fitting the high-tech active protection on a Cold War-vintage…

Israeli Firms Scramble As Trump Administration Restricts Military Aid

Israeli Firms Scramble As Trump Administration Restricts Military Aid
Israeli Firms Scramble As Trump Administration Restricts Military Aid

After years of subsidizing the Israeli defense industry, the US is now insisting Tel Aviv spend all the military aid it gets from America on American companies. The Israeli government and hundreds of Israeli companies are scrambling to adjust, with one estimate predicting 20,000 layoffs.

Israel Edges To NATO As Turkey Pivots To Russia

Israel Edges To NATO As Turkey Pivots To Russia
Israel Edges To NATO As Turkey Pivots To Russia

For a while, Turkey and Israel were the unexpected couple, the increasingly Muslim state buying the Jewish state’s weapons and Israel offering Turkey a potentially strategic gas and oil pipeline. Today, Israel is reaching out to NATO and Turkish-Israeli relations are increasingly tense.

Israeli Ground Units Building Drone Air Force

Israeli Ground Units Building Drone Air Force
Israeli Ground Units Building Drone Air Force

A visit to Israel’s increasingly tense border with Syria makes clear that the ground units of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are building their own “air force.” The clear benefits of tactical drones have driven the ground forces to deploy more and more aircraft and this has reached the status of a real revolution.