Israel · drones · Palladyne AI · IAI · Harpy · Harop · loitering munitions

Palladyne AI lands exclusive US rights to build IAI's Harpy and Harop loitering munitions

Palladyne AI signed an MoU for up-to-10-year exclusive US rights to make and market IAI's combat-proven Harpy, Harop and Mini-Harpy loitering munitions, onshoring them as the Pentagon scales munition buys.

Israel · drones · Palladyne AI · IAI · Harpy · Harop · loitering munitions Jun 9, 2026

Iran · Israel · Air Defense · ballistic missiles · Hezbollah · Nevatim

Iran fires its first ballistic salvo at Israel since the April truce

Iran's first ballistic strike since April aimed at two of Israel's main air bases; the IDF claims a clean intercept, and the exchange now sits on top of the US-Iran talks.

Iran · Israel · Air Defense · ballistic missiles · Hezbollah · Nevatim Jun 8, 2026

Israel · Autonomy · loitering-munitions · drone-swarm · battle-management · Uvision · CORTEX · Hero

Uvision's CORTEX puts one operator over many loitering munitions

Uvision's new CORTEX software puts one operator in charge of many loitering munitions at once, a bid to own the command layer over the swarm rather than just the munition.

Israel · Autonomy · loitering-munitions · drone-swarm · battle-management · Uvision · CORTEX · Hero Jun 1, 2026

Israel · USA · drones · Funding · counter-drone · C-UAS · D-Fend · Motorola · EnforceAir · acquisition

Motorola buys Israel's D-Fend for $1.5 billion, a bet on drone-hijacking tech

Motorola is paying $1.5 billion for a counter-drone firm whose RF takeover seizes a drone's control link, the same link Ukraine's fiber-optic drones are built to fly without.

Israel · USA · drones · Funding · counter-drone · C-UAS · D-Fend · Motorola · EnforceAir · acquisition Jun 1, 2026