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New Israeli power stations are being built – They include Mivtach Shamir's Kesem power plant, the Ari Real Estate's power station in Givat Haviva, the Shimshon plant near Beit Shemesh, Eshkol 2 and Sorek 2, and now the Atarot power plant north of Jerusalem.

Israel launched, in Eilat, the “Sea the Future 2026” international conference on food security and aquaculture. Some 400 researchers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and industry figures discussed sustainable marine food production.

Škoda Auto (see ) has signed a new cybersecurity partnership with Israel’s Upstream (see previously). Skoda will use Upstream’s vehicle-focused extended detection and response platform to monitor cyber risks across its connected cars, backend systems, applications and supply chain infrastructure.

Israel’s Legato, was founded by female entrepreneurs Dana Rochman and Shlomit Tennenbaum. Users simply describe their requirements in plain language, and Legato instantly generates production-ready software.

Father of Iron Dome, Defense R&D chief Dr. Daniel Gold discusses Iran, lasers, AI and the weapons still under wraps. The Iron Beam laser system is another of his decisions. And several more weapons that may one day surprise everyone are already in the pipeline.

Since 2022 Israel’s Technion Institute has been developing SafeWax coating to protect crops from fungal infection (see previously). The research has now been published in “SafeWax: A Bio-Inspired Multifunctional Coating for Sustainable Crop Protection.” Implementation is likely within 2 years.

Israel’s Zeroport has developed a new secure way for trusted users to access the company network from remote locations. Instead of a VPN (Virtual Private Network), Zeroport’s Fantom creates a physical non‐IP bridge at network boundaries. No malware can get in, and no data can get out.

Israel has rolled out a national supercomputer to be used by the high-tech industry and academia at low cost (see also). As part of the National Program for AI R&D Infrastructure (Telem Program), it will allocate computing resources to high-tech firms (70%) and research groups (30%).

Senior U.S. and Israeli officials including Israel’s Foreign Minister and the US Ambassador to Israel have launched, in Jerusalem, a strategic partnership on artificial intelligence. The agreement forms part of the Pax Silica initiative, a framework advancing advanced technology collaboration.

Israel has awarded grants totaling $4.2 million, to 18 projects spanning renewable energy, energy storage, alternative fuels, and advanced infrastructure technologies. They include eStreet’s vehicle charging, and Solarwin’s smart solar shading system