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The IDF is rolling out a multi-layered defense against Hezbollah's FPV drones, combining nets and smoke with lasers, microwave weapons and pump-action shotguns, while shifting from frequency detection to AI-powered optical sensing.
The IDF's Technology and Logistics Directorate is setting up a domestic production line for FPV attack drones, a direct response to Hezbollah's growing use of similar weapons against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
American defense company Auterion and Ukrainian manufacturer Skyfall have signed a deal to supply 50,000 FPV drones equipped with autonomy software for striking moving targets, double the size of the company's previous contract.
Ukrainian defense company Ukrainian Armor has introduced a new FPV drone called the UB80D10-EFP, fitted with an EFP warhead that the company says can penetrate 50 mm of armor.
Elbit Systems has unveiled a concept for converting commercial vessels into launch bases for Hermes 650 Spark drones, offering the Israeli Navy a cheap alternative to an aircraft carrier.
Skapion, founded in late 2025 by Brig. Gen. (res.) Pini Yungman, formerly of Rafael, has raised $36 million to build a counter-drone system that claims to take on entire swarms at once.
The Government Companies Authority is pushing for an Israel Aerospace Industries IPO as early as 2026 at a valuation of up to 100 billion shekels, while the Air Force builds a new drone squadron amid a fivefold rise in flight hours since October 7.
נאט״ו הכריז באנקרה על יוזמת Drone Edge, תוכנית חמש-שנתית של למעלה מ-40 מיליארד דולר להגנה נגד רחפנים, רכש כטב״מים ואימון מפעילים, בהובלת המזכ״ל מארק רוטה.
German drone maker Quantum Systems raised $1.2 billion in a Series D round that doubles its valuation to $8 billion, with aerospace giant Airbus among the investors. The funds will go toward expanding production lines in Germany, Ukraine, the US, the UK and NATO's eastern member states.
The US Army has selected AeroVironment as its primary supplier for a multi-layered counter-drone defense system, in a three-year deal that cements the company's position as the dominant player in this field with the Pentagon.
חברת DefSecIntel האסטונית הציגה בפריז גרסה משודרגת של מערכת DroneHive, משגר אוטומטי לרחפני יירוט המשולב כעת בארכיטקטורת ההגנה האווירית EIRSHIELD. המערכת המודולרית תומכת בתחמושות שונות, כולל היירוט הלטבי BLAZE, במסגרת מיזם "חומת הרחפנים" האירופי.
Axon subsidiary Dedrone is expanding its airspace security network to more than 60 sites across the US ahead of the 2026 World Cup, while launching a new command-and-control platform called Dedrone C2.
