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Blue Sky Warden is a light aircraft jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and L3Harris Technologies. It can take off from short or rough runways, stay airborne for hours, patrol the borders, gather intelligence, and strike when necessary.

A study from Tel Aviv University predicts that during the cosmic dark ages, dark matter formed dense clumps throughout the Universe, pulling in hydrogen gas and causing it to emit intense radio waves. These measured radio signals can help resolve the mystery of dark matter.

Israel’s Orbit Communication Systems (see previously) has launched its Multi-Purpose SATCOM Terminal MPT30Ka SATCOM On-The-Move, its most compact satellite communication system for military vehicles, maritime vessels and rapid deployment.

Egged Group has unveiled “egg,” a new no-ads public-transport, real time navigation and payments app for riders across operators and modes. Smart route options, fares, ticketing, and customer service. Android and iOS; all buses, Israel Railways, light rail lines, shared scooters and bikes.

Intel has unveiled its first 18A-based processors, developed in Israel. They will form the basis for Panther Lake, a new Israeli-developed family of 900 AI models that will support real-time translation, image recognition, and much more, while maintaining strict user privacy.

Barclays Center in New York has selected the advanced artificial intelligence software from Israel’s SeeTrue to detect prohibited items at visitor checkpoints. The system enables faster throughput, reducing long lines at entry points, while providing detection across a wide range of threats.

Israel's Ministry of Defense has bought dozens of EdgeUAV systems from Israel’s Axon Vision (see previously) to detect nearby air threats (e.g. drones). The systems analyze and classify data collected by cameras mounted on armored combat vehicles or stationary installations.

Latest progress of Israeli archaeologists in the City of David, using muon particle detectors to map ancient sites underground without digging (see previously). Jerusalem’s historic layers are revealed, from the Iron Age / First Temple period through the Roman era and into the Early Islamic period.

Israel’s GrowDirector has developed a modular greenhouse automation system to reduce input costs, water, electricity, fertilizers, and labor. Farmers can track crop details, schedule planting, spraying, receive reminders, analyze and refine protocols to avoid repeating mistakes.

Israel’s Technion is part of an international team that has determined how to scale up decoupled water electrolysis (DWE, see previously) - a technique that produces green hydrogen without carbon emissions or expensive hardware.