Israel’s new four-legged soldiers
Shifters goal is not simply one robot controlled by one operator, but multiple robots working together while a single person supervises them.
Shifters goal is not simply one robot controlled by one operator, but multiple robots working together while a single person supervises them.
Cable-controlled drones are changing the counter-drone battlefield by eliminating the radio link that many traditional detection and jamming systems depend upon, forcing defenders to find the aircraft itself.
The proposed package comes after Israel’s defense industries dramatically expanded wartime production, yet the country’s demand for heavy aerial munitions has grown faster than domestic factories can supply them.
Israel is developing a hybrid naval force in which autonomous vessels, remotely operated “wing ships” and conventional warships work together to extend the Navy’s reach.
The “buddy” approach is more attractive to militaries than all robots because it combines the advantages of robotics with something machines still struggle to provide: human judgment.
In less than five years, Israeli air‑defense contracts with EU states surpassed $15 billion, and Rafael is opening a factory in Germany at a former Volkswagen plant to produce Iron Dome components for European customers.
Covenant’s mission is straightforward yet ambitious: to produce low‑cost cruise missiles that retain the precision, range and reliability of far more expensive Western systems.
As a mobile, hidden asset, it ensures Israel retains a credible second‑strike option even if air bases or missile batteries were targeted.
Israel’s first missile, the Shafrir, did not perform as well as hoped during the 1967 Six-Day War, but the experience quickly led to improvements.
Facing an escalating barrage of Iranian missiles and drones, the UAE is turning to Israel for some of the world’s most advanced air-defense technology.
Its deployment reflects Israel’s growing need to defend strategic offshore infrastructure, including natural‑gas platforms in the Mediterranean.
Python‑5 is designed to find, track, and destroy fighter jets, drones, and cruise missiles with a level of precision unmatched by most competing systems.
International interest in PULS has surged. Denmark purchased 8 launchers in 2023; the Netherlands ordered 20 systems in 2024; Spain signed a contract for €700 million worth of PULS launchers in 2025; and Azerbaijan has deployed PULS since 2021.
Nations purchasing the system receive a five‑year technology transfer package, including training for engineers, certification for local assembly lines, and access to AITAN’s encrypted update server.
While several nations have tested exo‑atmospheric interception technologies, Israel is the only country to have demonstrated this capability both in controlled trials and in real combat conditions.
The vulnerability of aging, tracked M113 armored personnel carriers (APCs) highlighted the urgent need for a more versatile, rapid-deployment solution.
A massive paradigm shift in modern military operations, enabling heterogeneous robot swarming across multi-domain battlefields.
This mobile, robotic configuration ensures perimeter security without exposing human operators to incoming kinetic or explosive threats.
Because the entire automated setup weighed approximately one ton, Mossad operatives spent eight months smuggling the unit into Iran piece by piece before carefully reassembling it.
Intelligence assessments from Aman and Mossad indicate that Hezbollah has expanded its drone arsenal to over 2,000 UAVs, including models capable of carrying precision‑guided munitions.
