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Three Quarters of Israeli Defence-AI Firms Have No Public Deployment Evidence
Of 50 Israeli defence-AI companies indexed, only 13 have a public source describing operational military use. Here is what the other 37 do and do not show.
The 13 Israeli Defence-AI Companies With Documented Operational Use
Thirteen Israeli military AI companies have a named public source reporting operational military use. Every entry lists the publisher and a link you can open.
How to Verify a Defence AI Vendor's Deployment Claims
A four-step method to verify defence vendor claims before you shortlist: parse the sentence, find the primary record, date it, and grade what actually remains.
What Moves a Company From L0 to L3
Each grade in the index has one threshold and one document that crosses it. Here is exactly which published artefact moves a company from L0 to L1, L2 and L3.
What "Battle-Tested" Means When Nobody Publishes the Test
"Battle-tested" is the most common phrase in Israeli defence marketing and the least verifiable. How the index grades a claim when the test is never published.
Twenty Questions for a Defence AI Vendor's First Meeting
Twenty defence AI vendor questions for a first meeting, each with why it matters and what a weak answer sounds like. Built from public procurement guidance.
Company profiles
Profiles of the 13 Israeli defence-AI companies with a named public source reporting operational military use. Each entry sets out what the company builds, what the public record shows, and what is not established.
Axon Vision: What the Public Record Shows About Its Battlefield AI
Axon Vision is graded L3 Operational in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. Globes reported IDF use of its counter-drone AI. See the full record.
Bagira Systems: Instrumented Training, and Who Reports Using It
Bagira Systems is graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. Israel Defense reported the British Army expanding use of its simulation systems.
Combatica: VR Rehearsal for Security Forces, and Its Public Evidence
Combatica VR training is graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. NoCamels reported use by Israeli forces. What the record does not show.
eyesAtop: One Operator, Many Drones — the Documented Record
eyesAtop is graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. Calcalist reported an IDF attack-drone platform selection. See the full sourced record.
mPrest Systems: The Software Layer Behind Air-Defence Decisions
mPrest is graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. Calcalist reported Israel blocking a US takeover of the Iron Dome software firm. Read on.
Ottopia: Teleoperation for Military Vehicles, and What Is Published
Ottopia teleoperation is graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. The Jerusalem Post reported IDF remote operation of ground vehicles. Read on.
Roboteam: Unmanned Ground Systems and the Evidence for Their Use
Roboteam is graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. Breaking Defense reported operational use and a US Marine Corps order. See the record.
Robotican: Interceptor Drones and the Public Deployment Trail
Robotican is graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. Read the dated public sources behind the grade, and what they still cannot establish.
SMARTSHOOTER: Fire Control AI and the US Army Expansion Report
SMARTSHOOTER is graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. The dated contracts and reporting behind the grade, and the limits of that record.
ThirdEye Systems: Onboard Vision, Exports and the Public Record
ThirdEye Systems is graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. The dated reporting behind the grade, the export trail, and what remains unproven.
TSG IT Advanced Systems: The Brain Behind Military Ground Robots
TSG IT Advanced Systems is graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. The sourcing behind the grade, the ownership structure, and its known limits.
UVision Air: Loitering Munitions and Reported Operational Use
UVision loitering munitions are graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. The dated procurement trail behind the grade, and what it cannot show.
XTEND: Operator-Guided Autonomy and What Has Been Reported
XTEND drones are graded L3 in the Israeli Defence-AI Deployment Index. The dated US and Israeli contracts behind the grade, and the limits of that record.
Category pillars
Twelve category surveys of the Israeli defence-AI field, each giving the grade distribution inside the category and the published source behind every entry.
Israeli Counter-UAS Companies: Graded by Public Deployment Evidence
Eleven Israeli counter-drone companies graded by published deployment evidence: one L3, five L2, one L1, four L0. Every grade links to its public source.
Israeli ISR and Sensor-Fusion AI: The Documented Deployments
Seven Israeli ISR AI companies graded on published deployment evidence: two L3, three L2, one L1, one L0. Each entry links to the source behind its grade.
Israeli Autonomous Air Systems: Contracts, Trials and Claims
Seven Israeli autonomous drone companies graded on public evidence: three L3, two L2, one L1, one L0. Every entry links to the source behind its grade.
Israeli Autonomous Ground and Maritime Systems, Graded
Six Israeli unmanned ground vehicle and maritime AI firms graded on published evidence: two L3, one L2, one L1, two L0. Each links to its own public source.
Israeli Military C2 and Decision-Support AI
Four Israeli military decision support AI companies graded on public evidence: two L3, two L2, none at L1 or L0. Each entry links to its published source.
Israeli Military Simulation and Training AI
Five Israeli military training simulation companies graded on published evidence: two L3, three L2, none lower. Each entry links to the source behind it.
Israeli Electronic Warfare and SIGINT AI: Two Graded Entries
Only two Israeli SIGINT companies clear this index's inclusion test — one at L2 Contract, one at L1 Trial. See the published source behind each grade.
Israeli Military Cyber AI: What Is Publicly Contracted
Three Israeli military cyber companies sit in this index at L2, L1 and L0. None has a reported operational deployment. Read the source behind every grade.
Israeli Space and Satellite ISR AI: Two Contract Grades
Both Israeli satellite intelligence companies in this index sit at L2 · Contract — ImageSat and Tomorrow.io. Neither reports operational use. Open the sources.
Israeli Active Protection AI: Why Only One Company Qualifies
Active protection systems Israel is a primes' business: only BIRD Aerosystems clears this index's inclusion test, at L2 · Contract. Here is the reasoning.
Israeli Targeting and Fire Control AI: A Category of One
One Israeli AI fire control system reaches L3 · Operational in this index — SMARTSHOOTER — and nothing else qualifies. Read why the category is one entry.
Israeli Military Logistics AI: The Thinnest Category
Military predictive maintenance AI is the index's thinnest category: one Israeli company, Odysight.ai, at L2 · Contract. See what the public record holds.
Analysis and buyer guides
Twenty-five pieces on what the index found and how to use it: the evidence gap, the grading rules, and practical guides for verifying a vendor’s deployment claims.
Three Quarters of Israeli Defence-AI Firms Have No Public Deployment Evidence
Of 50 Israeli defence-AI companies indexed, only 13 have a public source describing operational military use. Here is what the other 37 do and do not show.
Funding Stage Is Not Deployment Evidence
Israeli defence-tech raised over $1bn in 2025, but the index's best-funded entries sit at L2 and L0. Why funding stage tells a buyer nothing about fielding.
What "Battle-Tested" Means When Nobody Publishes the Test
"Battle-tested" is the most common phrase in Israeli defence marketing and the least verifiable. How the index grades a claim when the test is never published.
The Undisclosed-Customer Problem in Defence Contract Announcements
An undisclosed defence contract announcement is verifiable and nearly useless. How "a European NATO member" and "an APAC agency" shape 22 L2 grades in the index.
Three Categories Came Back Almost Bare
Three of twelve Israeli defence AI categories yielded one qualifying company each. Active protection, fire control and sustainment, and why startups are absent.
The English-Language Bias in Israeli Defence-Tech Research
All 50 index sources are English-language. Why that biases Israeli defence tech research downward, which grades it suppresses, and what would correct it.
Press Release or Reporting: Grading the Difference
Eight of 50 index grades rest on issuer-controlled releases and none of them is L3. How defence press release verification separates a wire item from reporting.
The 2023–2024 Cohort and Its Evidence Gap
Six Israeli defence tech startups founded in 2023 or 2024 appear in the index. None is graded L3. What that reveals about time to public deployment evidence.
Why the Israeli Primes Are Excluded From This Index
Elbit, Rafael and IAI reported roughly $22bn of 2025 revenue between them and are absent from this index. The inclusion rule, and the honest cost of applying it.
Why This Index Does Not Link Products to Named Strikes
The index records that a system was reported in use. It never links a product to a named strike. The rule, the reasons for it, and the case against it.
Counter-UAS Is the Most Crowded Category in Israeli Defence AI
Eleven of 50 index entries are counter-UAS, spread across every grade. Four of them sit at L0. The crowding, the arithmetic and what it means for buyers.
What Moves a Company From L0 to L3
Each grade in the index has one threshold and one document that crosses it. Here is exactly which published artefact moves a company from L0 to L1, L2 and L3.
What a Deployment Index Cannot Tell You
Six questions this index of 50 Israeli defence-AI companies cannot answer, stated plainly, with the specific entries that show where each limit bites.
How to Verify a Defence AI Vendor's Deployment Claims
A four-step method to verify defence vendor claims before you shortlist: parse the sentence, find the primary record, date it, and grade what actually remains.
Procurement Due Diligence for Autonomy Suppliers: A Checklist
Twenty-five checks across evidence, autonomy, export, data and sustainment: a defence procurement due diligence checklist for buying autonomy, not slideware.
Israeli Counter-Drone Companies With Publicly Announced Contracts
Six Israeli counter-drone contracts sit on the public record, from Robotican to Sentrycs. Each entry names the publisher and links to the source you can open.
The 13 Israeli Defence-AI Companies With Documented Operational Use
Thirteen Israeli military AI companies have a named public source reporting operational military use. Every entry lists the publisher and a link you can open.
Israeli Defence Export Controls: What a Foreign Buyer Should Check
An Israeli defence export licence is not one document but several, issued at different stages by two ministries. What a buyer should ask, and where to check.
Israeli Defence-Tech Landscape Maps Compared
Published Israeli defence tech landscape map projects count between 160 and 334 companies. What each measures, why the totals differ, and what all of them omit.
Detect, Track, Defeat: A Counter-UAS Vocabulary for Buyers
The counter-UAS detect, track, defeat sequence is doctrine, not marketing. What each stage means, who defines it, and which claims to test first.
Loitering Munitions and Attack Drones: Definitions That Matter
A loitering munition definition is not settled. Doctrine, arms control and humanitarian law each draw the line differently. Here is what each one says.
In the Loop, On the Loop, Out of the Loop
In the loop, on the loop, out of the loop: what human in the loop weapons policy says, who defines each term, and precisely where states disagree today.
Buying Military Simulation and Training AI
Military simulation procurement turns on three things: the LVC taxonomy, interoperability standards, and accreditation. Plus what the Israeli record shows.
TRL Is Not Deployment Evidence
A technology readiness level describes maturity in a test environment. Deployment evidence names who used the system. Why buyers should not confuse them.
Twenty Questions for a Defence AI Vendor's First Meeting
Twenty defence AI vendor questions for a first meeting, each with why it matters and what a weak answer sounds like. Built from public procurement guidance.
The index behind all of this
Fifty Israeli defence-AI companies, graded L0 to L3 by publicly documented deployment evidence rather than funding stage.