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Massive drill validates Israel’s cyber-secure C4I network
While Israel demonstrated many of the integrated C4I capabilities in Israel’s 2014 Gaza war, the drill marked the first time the IDF could evaluate technologies, tactics and procedures on such a broad scale. → Read More
Massive drill validates Israel’s cyber-secure C4I network
While Israel demonstrated many of the integrated C4I capabilities in Israel’s 2014 Gaza war, the drill marked the first time the IDF could evaluate technologies, tactics and procedures on such a broad scale. → Read More
Israeli Air Force eyes 3-D printing as a hedge against wartime disruptions
Military planners in Israel are looking to 3-D printing to bolster wartime self-sufficiency in the event of embargoes or supply chain disruptions. → Read More
Israel taps IAI’s TopGun weapon for major Army award
After nearly a decade of business development and more than a year in legal appeals, state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries is finally set to supply its TopGun precision kit to the Israeli Army. → Read More
Israeli lawmakers: F-35 get is fine, but must ‘meticulously assess’ follow-on buys
Lawmakers noted that the F-35, “with all the existing limitations and against anti-aircraft missiles projected in the future, returns the Israel Air Force, through proper planning and with the recognition of its vulnerability points, to a capability for ‘stand-in’ operations.” → Read More
US breaks ground for new permanent base in Israel
U.S. and Israeli officers broke ground in Israel on Monday for a permanent U.S. Army base that will house dozens of U.S. soldiers, operating under the American flag, and charged with the mission of defending against rocket and missile attacks. → Read More
US breaks ground for new permanent base in Israel
U.S. and Israeli officers broke ground in Israel on Monday for a permanent U.S. Army base that will house dozens of U.S. soldiers, operating under the American flag, and charged with the mission of defending against rocket and missile attacks. → Read More
Iron Dome poised for first US-based intercept test
Israel is readying its Iron Dome for its first intercept test in the United States as part of the U.S. Army’s demonstration aimed at selecting an interim solution for a medium- and short-range air defense system. → Read More
Top Israel general: We need US support to fight Iran
A top Israeli military officer says the country can prevail over Iran's proxy on its own; but when it comes to the country of Iran itself, it needs American support. → Read More
Israeli Navy procurement scandal prompts review of defense-industrial relationships
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Thursday ordered a comprehensive review of the defense establishment’s procurement ties to retired officers and former officials with business interests. → Read More
Israel-Germany submarine deal in jeopardy amid widening scandal
Vice Adm. Eliezer Marom, who commanded the Navy from 2007-2011, and David Shimron, Netanyahu’s personal attorney, remain under house arrest after three days of questioning in what is known here as the Case 3000 Affair. → Read More
Watch Israel's Navy practice seaborne hostage rescue
This exercise involved dozens of naval forces, including elite Flotilla 13 commandos, which were deployed in response to a simulated terrorist takeover of a large merchant ship. → Read More
Interview: Israel's Brig. Gen. Guy Hasson talks new tech
The head of the Israel Defense Forces' Armored Corps trains and equips the black-bereted men — and, perhaps soon, women — to maneuver ground warfare. → Read More
Israel to enter era of closed-hatch combat, see-through tanks
The Israeli defense establishment is evaluating Iron Vision and a second alternative, which uses the same sensor-fused, externally placed cameras, but instead of displaying images directly into the helmet, a situational picture is presented on screens inside the tank. → Read More
Netanyahu on Israel: A 'mighty aircraft carrier' of the US
Speaking to reporters on the Nimitz-class carrier, Netanyahu hailed ongoing U.S.-led coalition operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and indicated that Israel, too, is contributing to the fight against a common enemy. → Read More
Trump aides enlist Israel in 'holding nations accountable' for cyberattacks
A new U.S.-Israeli working group aims to devise and employ new methods of identifying cyber enemies and “holding nations accountable” for bad cyber behavior. → Read More
US Army joins Israeli investigation into Apache rotor crack
The U.S. Army has joined the Israeli Air Force in a sweeping investigation of AH-64 Apache helicopters following Israel’s discovery earlier this month of a crack in the rear rotor blade of one of its aircraft. → Read More
Israel on alert after 2 days of cross-border fire with Syria
Israel on Sunday declared its border opposite the southern Syrian city of Quneitra in the Golan Heights a closed military zone following two straight days of attacks on regime assets in response to spillover fire from the Syrian civil war. → Read More
Israeli commanders reveal plans for mass evacuation of Lebanese civilians in next war
Israel’s top military officer declined to say how such an evacuation would be carried out without civilian consent or how Israel could possibly venture such an undertaking without ruining the element of a surprise attack and putting large numbers of Israeli forces in danger. → Read More
Elbit offers time-traveling airborne surveillance
Elbit Systems unveiled an airborne video surveillance system that allows users to collect high-resolution intelligence from up to 10 specific points of interest over exceedingly broad areas in real time. → Read More