Defense Ministry selects Lockheed Martin's CH53K as IDF's new heavy lift helicopter

IsraelDefense | 25/02/2021

The aircraft is essential to the IDF's ability to carry out a wide range of operational activities, Defense Minister Gantz said

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Report: Estonian commandos to receive new small arms

Eyal Boguslavsky | 25/02/2021

The country's Special Operations Forces will reportedly be equipped with the Glock 19 handgun and a version of the Heckler & Koch HK416 rifle

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PerimeterX raises $57 million

Ami Rojkes Dombe | 25/02/2021

The latest round brings the total capital raised by the company to $144 million

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Turkish troops with the MPT-76. Photo: Turkish Ministry of National Defence

Turkey's MPT-76-MH rifle passes Turkish Army qualification tests

Several military sources in Turkey reported that the rifle will be used as a designated marksman’s rifle. However, this has not officially been confirmed

Eyal Boguslavsky | 25/02/2021

Photo: Rafael

US power company acquires Rafael's electromagnetic pulse-protected radio

The BNET radio is said to be the world’s first commercially available radio of its kind designed to provide communications when critical infrastructures are disrupted by catastrophic EMP events

IsraelDefense | 24/02/2021

An IDF tank on the Golan Heights. Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

Security and longevity guaranteed, even in your region: Israel, Syria and the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement

Commentary: The agreement never developed into a peace accord but it has helped prevent a spillover of the Syrian war into the Golan Heights, and it could be a basis for future talks

Guy Cohen | 24/02/2021

The JAIS. Photo: Nimr

Saudi, Emirati companies forge partnership for military vehicle production

Emirati company Nimr has signed an agreement to manufacture the four-wheel drive JAIS vehicle at Saudi Arabian Military Industries plants

Eyal Boguslavsky | 24/02/2021

Photo: IDEX

At IDEX expo, UAE Army awards over $3 billion in contracts

The Army is expected to award a total of $5.6 billion worth of contracts during the entire event

Eyal Boguslavsky | 24/02/2021

The Black Eagle 50. Photo: Steadicopter

Steadicopter displays capabilities of lightweight robotic helicopter at IDEX 2021

According to the company, its Black Eagle systems, currently on display at the defense exhibition in the UAE, are suitable for military, homeland security and law enforcement missions

Eyal Boguslavsky | 24/02/2021

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While you were in quarantine, Palestinian Authority paid about a half-billion shekels to terrorists in Israeli jails

In 2020, the Palestinian Authority hid the payments from the international community by transferring funds to the PLO, which paid the salaries. Israel is silent on the matter

Ami Rojkes Dombe | 24/02/2021

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Tel Aviv University launches new interdisciplinary center for artificial intelligence

The center is expected to be made up of hundreds of researchers, and promote multidisciplinary research cooperation with scientists from around the campus. The center will also promote cooperation with the military and with public entities

Ami Rojkes Dombe | 23/02/2021

Photo: Bigstock

Twelve-year-old vulnerability discovered in Windows operating system

Researchers from SentinelOne claim that the flaw has existed in Windows since at least the introduction of Windows 7 in 2009, and may also have been in older versions

Ami Rojkes Dombe | 23/02/2021

Photo: Bigstock

The world arms sales market

Commentary: There are many reasons why arms companies might want to establish themselves abroad, including better access to growing markets, collaborative arms programs or policies in host countries that link arms purchases to technology transfers

Giancarlo Elia Valori | 23/02/2021

Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez

BAE's first command variant of amphibious vehicle delivered to US Marines

The ACV-C is designed to provide the highest levels of communications, coordination, and analysis on the battlefield to support command and control, the company says

Eyal Boguslavsky | 23/02/2021

Iranian high-tech workers at an office in Tehran. Photo: REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA

Iran establishing innovation centers in Syria and Russia

The goal is to find new export markets for Iranian knowledge-based products, and cope with the implications of the American economic sanctions

Mandi Kogosowski | 23/02/2021

The F-35. Photo from the Lockheed Martin website

US to station F-35 squadron outside its borders for first time

The 495th 'Valkyries' Squadron will be stationed at the Lakenheath base in England, at the 48th Fighter Wing of the Royal Air Force, starting from the end of this year

Dan Arkin | 23/02/2021

Photo: Rafael

Germany procuring Rafael's Trophy defense system for its Leopard 2 tanks

Following the Israeli company's delivery of the system to the US Army, Germany decides to acquire the Trophy to protect its troops and assets from anti-armor attacks

IsraelDefense | 23/02/2021

Photo from the EDA website

For the first time, 18 European militaries hold joint cyber exercise

The exercise, whose objective was to bring together the members of the various military CERTS and to observe management of an emergency situation while sharing information, simulated a multi-system situation of an attack on military cyber infrastructures in a number of countries

Mandi Kogosowski | 22/02/2021

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Israel's Edgybees completes Series A funding round

The company supplies an engine that augments, in real time, video streams from drones. The company works with security companies and first responders in the US

Ami Rojkes Dombe | 22/02/2021

Photo: Ole-Sverre Haugli/Forsvaret

BAE to supply Norwegian Army with 20 additional CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles

The acquisition will bring the Army's total fleet to over 160 vehicles. The CV90 is also used by the armed forces of six other European countries

Eyal Boguslavsky | 22/02/2021

By NatanFlayer, own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15379992

On Iron Dome, 'our intent is not to park them in a parking garage': US general

General Brian Gibson, who is responsible for modernization processes in the US military, says Congress has directed the military to come up with a plan to deploy two Iron Dome batteries

Dan Arkin | 22/02/2021

IAI's President & CEO Boaz Levy (L) and Matrix CEO Moti Gutman. Photo: Israel Hadari

IAI, Matrix to jointly develop AI for automated target detection on future battlefield

Under their agreement, the two companies will set up a center to develop the technology that will be integrated into IAI’s space, defense and other systems

IsraelDefense | 22/02/2021

Egyptian Energy Minister Tarek El Molla (L) at the meeting yesterday with Netanyahu and Steinitz at the Prime Minister's Office. Photo: Kobi Gideon, GPO

Israel to connect Leviathan offshore gas field to liquefaction facilities in Egypt

The Egyptian energy minister made a historic visit to Israel yesterday and met with his counterpart Steinitz and with Prime Minister Netanyahu. It was agreed that the two countries will establish a pipeline to connect the Israeli gas field to Egypt

Mandi Kogosowski | 22/02/2021

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The hydrogen revolution: A new development model that starts with the sea, the sun and the wind

Commentary: The revolutionary strategy based on the use of 'green' energy to produce adequate quantities of hydrogen at an acceptable cost can help bring the world out of the pandemic crisis with positive impacts on the environment and on climate

Giancarlo Elia Valori | 25/02/2021

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