Tag: Drones
Gantz: Mideast on verge of arms race if Iran continues path towards nukes
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned on Monday that the Middle East is on the verge of a new arms race, which could begin if “Iran continues to advance towards nuclear weapons and nuclear...
Netanyahu: Iran sent armed drone into Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel intercepted an armed drone earlier this week sent by Iran.
It was shot down over northern Israel crossing from Iraq or Syria, he said during...
Biden administration to proceed with $23 billion arms sale to UAE
The Biden administration has announced its intention to Congress to move ahead with weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates, following a review of the deal struck by the Trump administration, Reuters reported on...
Israel Aerospace Industries, UAE weapons company to meld anti-drone system
Israel Aerospace Industries announced on Thursday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates’s weapons-maker EDGE to develop an advanced anti-drone defense system.
The anti-drone system would be “tailored...
UAE confident of F-35 deal, despite Biden administration hold on arms sales
The United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Washington, Yousef Al Otaiba, said on Monday that he was confident the pending sale of F-35 jets would go through after the Biden administration concludes its review of...
Iran positions ‘suicide drones’ in Yemen, within range of Israel
As tensions escalate in the Red Sea region, Iran has sent several Shahed-136 loitering munitions, known as “suicide drones,” to its proxies in Yemen, Newsweek reported on Thursday.
According to the report, satellite footage from Dec. 25...
As terror groups increase drone usage, an Israeli firm counters with pioneering jamming technology
When Ido Bar Oz, chief marking officer of the MCTECH RF Technologies Israeli anti-drone company, recently visited a prison in a European country, he saw a remarkable sight, but not one that surprised him.
A...
Report: US State Department notifies Congress of $2.9 billion drone sale to UAE
The U.S. State Department has informally notified Congress that “it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ-9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as $2.9 billion,” reported Reuters on Thursday,...
‘This is a revolution’: Israeli drone company plans for worldwide aerial-supply networks
Israel’s Gadfin UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and drone producer was the first company in the world to receive the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority permit for urban airspace deliveries this year. That permit means that...
Lebanese national sentenced for exporting drone parts, technology to Hezbollah
A Lebanese national has been sentenced for allegedly exporting drone parts and technology to Hezbollah, announced the U.S. Justice Department on Monday.
Usama Hamade, 55, was sentenced by Chief Judge John Tunheim in U.S. District Court...