Despite investments by the billion in cybersecurity technologies – leading companies have been hacked, but the successful hacking into the computers of those companies was not the main problem. It was the poor management of the cybersecurity crisis pursuant to the hack that caused the price of the company's share to drop and led to the dismissal of the managers.

The introduction of unmanned submerged and surface vessels to the global marine theater will change the doctrine according to which naval forces operate. One of the directions of the force build-up process is the establishment of mixed swarms of manned and unmanned surface and submerged vessels. A swarm capable of fully synchronized operation on the surface and underwater will gain an advantage with regard to situational awareness in the area cell where it operates. Aerial platforms and satellite swarms should be added to the traditional naval vessels.

In a statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Daniel Coats revealed that the US believes that Iran could have enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon in one year. Tehran, on the other hand, claims it could produce highly enriched uranium within two days.

The US command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) has arrived at the Israeli port of Haifa to take part in the joint US–Israeli military exercise "Juniper Cobra 2018."

The US Navy's Sixth Fleet, the operational unit of US Naval Forces Europe, is maintaining close cooperation with the IDF.

According to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, about half of the 500 crewmembers aboard the ship are senior officers within the Sixth Fleet scheduled to participate in the exercise.

On February 26, the US formally handed over an unmanned aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) system to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). An official within the US State Department told Jane's that the system comprises three Israeli-made Aeronautics Aerostar tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and is contractor-owned and operated under a one-year contract that began in September 2017.

The "Spice 1000" munition has been declared fit for operational use with "Barak" (F-16C/D) aircraft after successfully completing an examination which included a series of aerial and ground tests. "Spice 1000" is an advanced electro-optic munition manufactured by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It was integrated several months ago by the 109th and 110th Fighter Squadrons in Ramat-David AFB. "The munition provides the IAF with new capabilities," said Capt. A., a pilot at the 117th Squadron and leader of the integration process.

Google has collaborated with the United States Department of Defense to help the agency develop artificial intelligence for analyzing drone footage, the GIZMODO website reported on Tuesday.

The German Ministry of Defense has taken the unprecedented step of excluding a consortium led by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, part of the ThyssenKrupp industrial conglomerate, from the bidding process on Germany's next-generation of battleships.

The Israeli-based aerostat company RT LTA Systems presented a live demonstration of its newest member of the SkyStar family, the SkyStar 110 micro-tactical aerostat system, in the SDF internal communication exhibition at Kurihama army communication systems college, Japan. The aerostat was presented carrying a radio communication payload.

Boeing has been awarded a contract to modernize the US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet. In the early 2020s, Boeing will begin installing initial updates to the aircraft that will convert existing Block II Super Hornets to a new Block III configuration. Among these updates is the installation of an advanced cockpit system by Elbit Systems.