Watch: Israeli Navy Intercepts Aerial, Naval Targets in Exercise

The Israeli Navy completed a complex training exercise last week led by a flotilla of missile boats including both defensive and offensive attacks at sea, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced on Wednesday.

In the first part of the training, an aircraft that simulated a missile threat on an offshore gas rig was successfully intercepted by Barak-8 naval air defense system after it was identified by the ship’s defense systems.

Hailo Raises $12.5M to Develop Deep Learning Processor for Embedded AI Applications

Hailo, a company developing a proprietary chip for deep learning on edge devices, today announced the completion of a $12.5 million Series A round. The company’s investors include Ourcrowd.com, Maniv Mobility, the Drive accelerator fund: Next Gear; as well as angel investors, Hailo Chairman Zohar Zisapel and Delek Motors CEO Gil Agmon. The company will use the funding to further develop its deep learning processor, which will deliver datacenter processing capacity to edge devices.

Eurosatory 2018: ThirdEye Systems to Reveal Meduza – Passive Drone Detection Platform

ThirdEye Systems, an Israeli innovator in the field of robotic security systems, will present its man-portable passive drone detection platform, Meduza, for the first time at Eurosatory 2018 show.

Eurosatory 2018: RT LTA Reveals New Capability that Allows SkyStar Aerostats to Stream Live Feed

Israel-based aerostat company RT LTA Systems reveals the new Multi-WAN channel bonder that will be integrated from now on in all SkyStar aerostat systems' ground control units and will enable them to stream live video feed from the aerostat to anywhere in the world.

The company will present its SkyStar family of aerostats, which includes the SkyStar 110, SkyStar 180 and SkyStar 330, at Eurosatory 2018.

Eurosatory 2018: Thermal Beacon to Present Two Optical IFF Thermal Systems

Thermal Beacon, an Israeli developer and producer in the field of high-end, innovative thermal IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) emitters, will present at Eurosatory 2018 two optical IFF thermal systems, the MS OMR II c and MK-IV, that distinguish between enemy and friendly forces. In a recent experiment, the MS OMR II c system identified targets from an altitude of 18 km.

CONTROP Appoints Hagay Azani as CEO

CONTROP Precision Technologies, an Israeli company specializing in the field of electro-optics and IR defense and homeland security solutions, announces the appointment of Hagay Azani, as its new CEO. Azani will replace Dror Sharon, who led the company since 2012.

Former US Intelligence Officer Arrested for Trying to Spy for China

A former officer with the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) named Ron Rockwell Hansen (58) has been arrested after allegedly trying to sell US defense secrets to China.

The FBI took Hansen into custody on Saturday while he was on his way to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to get a connecting flight to China.

Over 1200 Participants Attended the GoforIsrael Conference in China

The enthusiasm of Chinese investors for Israeli technology companies is reaching new highs as was seen at the GoforIsrael conference. The GoforIsrael Foshan event was home to 1200 guests, including more than 500 highly-qualified Chinese investors as well as the Ambassador of Israel to China, Zvi Heifetz and the consul general in Guangzhou, Nadav Cohen. This is the second time that the conference has been held in China, following the September 2016 event in Shanghai.

Iran Set to Boost Uranium Enrichment Capacity

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday said he had ordered preparations to increase uranium enrichment capacity if the nuclear deal falls apart after the US withdrawal, and he vowed never to accept limits on Tehran’s ballistic missile program.

Eurosatory 2018: Senso-Optics to Present New Miniature Monoscope with FIR-VIS Fusion

Senso-Optics, an  Israeli company specializing in the fields of advanced electro-optic, thermal imaging and target acquisition systems for all-weather conditions and 24/7 vision solutions primarily for defense, HLS, search & rescue, and other commercial markets, will present its X-SEE FusIR, a hand-held or helmet-mounted miniature monoscope with VIS-FIR Fusion, at Eurosatory 2018.