An Eitan wheeled armored personnel carrier fitted with Hetz Dorban, an Israeli-developed hard-kill active protection system, was photographed during a recent training exercise, according to images published on the Israel Defense Forces’ website in August 2026. The system is marketed internationally under its commercial name, Iron Fist, by Elbit Systems. Hetz Dorban uses radar and […]

A long-endurance surveillance drone built by Maryland-based Platform Aerospace was spotted taking off from a Jordanian air base used by U.S. forces on September 13, 2026, according to flight-tracking data shared by an open-source intelligence account. The MenchOsint described it as the first known sighting of the aircraft, known as Vanilla, operating from Jordan. The […]

The U.S. Army has added $39.1 million to a contract with Rolls-Royce Solutions America to build more engines for Israel’s Eitan armored vehicle, pushing the total value of that contract to roughly $158.9 million. The modification, the eleventh change made to the original deal, will keep production running at the company’s plant in Graniteville, South […]

The U.S. Air Force just gave itself a lot more room to sell Boeing’s aerial refueling tanker overseas. In a contract modification worth $13.4 billion, the Air Force raised the ceiling on an existing Foreign Military Sales agreement for the KC-46A Pegasus tanker from $5.7 billion to $19.1 billion, more than tripling how much business […]

Elbit Systems has introduced FUSE, a new business line bringing together the Israeli defense contractor’s autonomous drone and ground vehicle systems under one portfolio, the company announced September 9 in Rosh HaAyin, Israel. FUSE centers on software called Dominion-X, which lets a single operator control multiple autonomous aircraft and ground vehicles at once, a setup […]

Israeli drone maker Aero Sentinel says its G2 unmanned aircraft completed a week of demonstrations with a Romanian defense company during a Romanian Land Forces exercise, flying reconnaissance missions of up to 75 minutes despite heavy electronic jamming. Aero Sentinel did not name the Romanian partner company, the exact exercise, or its location and dates. […]

Axon Vision has received its first order for ForceField, an AI-powered counter-drone system it launched in July, with an Israeli defense organization placing a deal worth up to roughly 15 million shekels ($5.0 million), the company announced September 7. The order includes an initial payment of about 6 million shekels ($2.0 million), with the customer […]

Israeli satellite company ImageSat International unveiled a new Earth observation satellite on September 8 designed to capture imagery sharp enough to identify small objects on the ground from orbit, while processing some of that data in space before it ever reaches an analyst. The satellite, called EROS NOVA, will capture imagery at a native resolution […]

Israeli drone maker SpearUAV says it has nearly 1,000 Viper 300 loitering munition systems ready for delivery to customers around the world, a production milestone the Tel Aviv-based company announced without naming which countries or units are receiving the systems. The Viper 300 is a small, capsule-launched drone that soldiers can fire either on foot […]

XTEND has deployed its first XOS-powered AtlasROVER ground robot to a customer in the Asia-Pacific region, the company’s public parent, JFB Construction Holdings. It’s the first such deployment since XTEND completed its acquisition of Latvia-based robotics company Atlas earlier this year. The deployment extends XTEND’s software platform, called XOS, beyond the aerial drones it was […]

The German Navy successfully completed a dual firing trial of Israel Aerospace Industries’ Naval LORA ballistic missile, launching the weapon from an operational German vessel and hitting its target with precision in both test scenarios, IAI said. The trial was conducted as part of the German Navy’s Operational Experimentation program, known as OPEX, a testing […]

Elbit Systems signed contracts worth approximately $270 million with an unnamed international customer to supply electro-optic ISR and targeting payloads, the company said Tuesday. The contracts, covering the company’s SPECTRO family of multi-spectral electro-optic systems, will be performed over a period of up to six years. Elbit Systems did not identify the customer or specify […]

Israel and Greece signed a defense export agreement worth approximately €3 billion ($3.5 billion) Monday, under which Israel will build Greece a multi-layered air defense array combining several Israeli-made systems, according to a statement from Israel’s Ministry of Defense. The deal, known in Greece as “Achilles Shield,” is the largest defense export agreement in the […]