Israeli Defense Industry · May 26, 2026
The Order Backlog Index Q1 2026Q1 2026 marks the post-October 7 backlog peak for Israeli primes. Elbit above $22B, IAI above $20B, Rafael mid-teens. Set against Lockheed ($176B), RT…
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Lead storyIsraeli Defense Industry · Aug 18, 2026
Spike: The World's Most-Exported Anti-Tank Guided Missile
Rafael has sold the Spike missile to 45 nations, and Germany bought more in 2025 despite its own arms embargo on Israel. Here is why the model still holds.
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- The Israel-US Defense Corridor
- Active Protection and Ground Defense Systems
- Israel-Gulf Strategic Technology Trade in the Post-CEPA Era
- AI in Defense
- The Israel-India Technology Corridor: Defense, Cyber, Water, and Pharma
- Autonomous Systems and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- The Israeli Defense Export Market
- The Israeli Defense Budget Architecture
- The Israeli Cyber-Defense Industrial Base
- Inside Israel's $14.8 Billion Defense Export Year
- The Iron Dome Architecture
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Israeli Defense Industry · Jun 26, 2026
Elbit America: The Fort Worth SubsidiaryElbit America is Elbit Systems' US subsidiary headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. $2B+ revenue. The structural vehicle Elbit built to lock into US def…
Israeli Defense Industry · Jun 24, 2026
Israel's Loitering Munitions CohortIsrael invented the loitering munition category in the 1980s. Forty years later, the Israeli cohort — IAI Harop, UVision Hero, Elbit Skystriker — stil…
Israeli Defense Industry · Jun 24, 2026
DECA: Israel's $14.8B Defense Export MachineDECA, Israel's Defense Export Controls Agency, licensed a record $14.795 billion in 2024 weapons exports. How the agency works, why Washington pushed…
Israeli Defense Industry · Jul 1, 2026
IMI Systems and Elbit LandThe 2018 acquisition of state-owned Israel Military Industries by Elbit Systems for NIS 1.8 billion collapsed Israel's fragmented land-warfare industr…
Israeli Defense Industry · Jul 9, 2026
The 20-to-5 Rule: Israel's Wartime Work-Hour AbsorptionIsrael absorbed a 1.2 million work-hour monthly loss without breaking its export sector. Faster labor demobilization than any comparable war economy o…
Israeli Defense Industry · May 26, 2026
The Defense Startup Wave: Line5, Smart Shooter, D-Fend, SentrycsFour operators anchor the post-2020 Israeli defense startup wave: Line5 (autonomous aircraft), Smart Shooter (small-arms fire control), D-Fend (RF cou…
Israeli Defense Industry · May 26, 2026
UVision and the SpearUAV / Mistral / US Army $982M DealUVision's Hero loitering munitions and SpearUAV's Ninox platform anchored a $982M US Army procurement through Mistral. One of the largest single US Ar…
Israeli Defense Industry · May 26, 2026
Sentrycs to Ondas: The $225M Anti-Drone AcquisitionOndas Holdings (NASDAQ: ONDS) acquired Sentrycs in a Q1 2026 announced $225M transaction. Inside the protocol-takeover counter-drone architecture, the…