Air & Missile Defense
Targeting Pods on Fighter Aircraft – A Must In Low Intensity Conflicts
By ARIE EGOZI
Times have changed and systems that in the past were considered a "luxury" for air forces are now basic equipment.
Until ten years...
US, Russia, China Entering Hypersonic Arms Race
A new arms race is at hand, and it could break everything we think we know of the speed of sound. Hypersonic weapons capable...
Can Israel Keep Its Place In The UAV Market?
For many years Israel has been one of the top UAV exporters in the world.
Unmanned air vehicles (UAV) have become a very important item...
Weapon Systems in Packages – An Advantage?
The armed forces want more and more "packages" of weapon systems to enhance their combat capabilities, and that demand makes it possible for Israeli...
Is This The End For Aerostats?
Will advanced hovering tethered platforms make tactical aerostats obsolete?
This question does not have a definite answer but more and more experts ask it.
The new breed...
Cyber: The new frontier
The threat is real and imminent. A cyber attack on Israeli infrastructure may include air traffic control installations. In recent weeks, Israel has been...
Israeli Made Radars – Sentinels of Economic Interests
By ARIE EGOZI
The recent cooperation agreements between Brazilian and Israeli companies have many reasons but one stands out very clearly - Brazil wants to...
North Korea Is Prepared to Launch Ballistic Missiles Anytime
"Seoul is aware that North Korea is prepared to launch a ballistic missile at anytime,”
a South Korean military official says. And so it may...
Dual use weapons systems – a good selling asset?
By ARIE EGOZI
Will a dual use weapon system appeal to foreign customers of the Israeli defence industries?
The industries hope that it does and can...
Iran Starts Producing Octogen Modern Explosives
Iran’s Defense Ministry announced recently that the country plans to produce the powerful explosive Octogen to boost the penetration and destructive power of missile...
IMI Wins US Army Tender to Supply Decoy Flares
IMI systems increases the US Army’s backlog. The U.S. Army has awarded IMI Systems a 5.7 million dollar contract to deliver decoy flares for...
Lockheed Martin Mini-Missile Takes Flight in New Demonstration
A Lockheed Martin-built Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor was successfully launched from a Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) in an engineering demonstration on April 4 at White...
Rafael unveils Drone Dome: Drone Detection and Neutralization System
Rafael will soon unveil Drone Dome: a new end-to-end defense solution designed to detect, identify, track, and neutralize drones. The system comprises of a...
World Military Spendings Rise By 1% In 2015
World military expenditure rose by 1 percent in 2015, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
The increase reflects continuing...
Meet DARPA’s Flying Gremlins
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on a project that aims to launch volley of small drones from military aircraft...
North Korean UAV Activity Troubles South
South Korea has observed increased unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) activity inside North Korea’s airspace, according to S. Korea’s Ministry of National Defense (MND).
According to...
Defence sector: cutting costs, boosting production during recession – Yes, you can!
Vickie Zisman
With the global recession in full swing for 8 years now and no improvement on the horizon, 2016 bearing especially bearish news, the...
Reliance, Rafael to set up JV For Weapon Systems
In one of the biggest joint venture between an Indian company with any OEM, Reliance Defence Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd...
WATCH: F-16 Launching Perdix Drone Swarm
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms provide a wide variety of useful capabilities to today’s militaries, but one issue that remains is how to get...
The DNA in Offspring Weapon Systems
By ARIE EGOZI
The technologies involved in the development of new weapon systems are so complicated that the manufacturers use them "across the board" for...
Delivery Begins For David’s Sling
After a concluding series of experiments for the advanced interception system David’s Sling, which was completed successfully last December, the Administration for the Development...
Iran has a new redesigned Shahed-129 UAV
Iran has developed an 'improved' variant of its Shahed-129 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which was displayed by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for...
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