Defense Tech

IDF security crackdown can’t fix Israel’s WhatsApp addiction

In Israel 2025, you don't need advanced military systems to gather intelligence, you just need to be in the right WhatsApp group.

 Many people have joined WhatsApp groups that have members of not-for-profits, mothers seeking supplies for their children’s platoons, vendors who can supply goods, and apparently one or more Iranian spies.
Filipino troops watch members of the U.S. Army National Guard demonstrate their rappelling skills during the Urban Search and Rescue activity of the 2016 RP-US Balikatan joint military exercises in Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal east of Manila

How the Philippines turned tech and truth into weapons – and why Israel should care - opinion

A PULS multiple rocket launcher miniature and artillery rockets by Israeli Elbit Systems is exhibited at the DEFEA Defence Exhibition, in Athens, Greece, May 8, 2025.

Greek Parliament approves $758 million purchase for 36 PULS launchers from Elbit Systems

SPEAKING TO Defense & Tech, Admiral (ret.) Mike Rogers noted that the adaptability and creativity of Israeli entrepreneurs mirrored the urgency of their national security environment. Here, Rogers speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 at Moscone Convention Center, in 2019.

From the NSA to Israeli defense tech, Mike Rogers isn’t slowing down


After Cambodia war, Thailand signs $108m deal for Israel’s Barak MX missile system

The deal for the system comes shortly after Thailand fought a deadly war with neighboring Cambodia

IAI's Barak MX air defense system

Israeli defense firm to help shield Czech skies from drones

The capabilities are intended to strengthen the Czech Republic’s defenses against increasingly sophisticated aerial threats

TSG command and control

Following the war, Israel should reduce US dependency and seek alliances in Asia - opinion

Israel’s recovery from the October 7 Hamas attack reshaped the Middle East battlefield. Yet the war exposed a deeper challenge: growing strains in its relationship with the United States

A woman walks past a street lined with Taiwanese flags, in Kinmen, Taiwan, October 19, 2025.

Lockheed Martin opens new hypersonic weapons facility

Hypersonic weapons can travel at more than five times the speed of sound and evade traditional defenses

Dark Eagle hypersonic missiles.

Baram to 'Post': Selling Arrow-3 to Germany helps increase IDF missile defense capacity

“When we give the German industry the capability to invest and to make some more Arrow 3 interceptors,  it's not that we would have less of it,” Defense Ministry Director-General Amir Baram said.

The Jerusalem Post's Yonah Jeremy Bob visits Holzdorf Air Force base in Germany, December 3, 2025.

CENTCOM unveils Task Force Scorpion Strike to field one-way attack drones in Mideast

The reverse-engineered Shaheed drones are long range, can operate autonomously, and can be launched by catapult, rocket-assisted takeoff, or mobile ground and vehicle systems.

CENTCOM's Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones.

'Post' witnesses blockbuster deployment of Germany's Israeli-made Arrow anti-missile defense

Defense officials have told the Post that, following the Arrow's outstanding performance during the 2023-2025 war, several other countries are interested in purchasing the Arrow.

The Jerusalem Post's Yonah Jeremy Bob visits Holzdorf Air Force base in Germany, December 3, 2025.

Lockheed Martin extends industrial cooperation with Israel through 2029, aiming to boost trade

One of the biggest American defense companies, Lockheed Martin currently supplies Israel with combat aircraft such as F-16 and F-35 jets, giving Israel a significant advantage throughout the region.

 IDF F35 aircraft.

Pro-Palestinian hacktivists launched hundreds of cyberattacks on Israeli space sector

Hacktivists launched 237 cyber operations against space-related entities during the Israel-Hamas war, peaking during Operation Rising Lion against Iran.

Cyber attacks on space

From theme parks to UAVs: Massivit 3D joins Israel’s defense pivot

After over a decade of civilian production, Massivit 3D realized that its printing process lends itself to aircraft production.

Massivit 10000 additive manufacturing system

Israel's Arrow 3 goes live in Germany, submarine deal sees new progress

Progress on submarines, Arrow defense, and AI cooperation signals Israel-Germany ties remain strong despite recent tensions from the war.

 Amir Baram, new director of the Ministry of Defense, at a conference organized by the Ministry of Defense Rehabilitation Department held at the Tel Aviv University. March 25, 2025.