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$8 million for 9 US-Israeli projects

Posted on January 16, 2022

The BIRD Foundation is granting $8 million to nine new joint US-Israeli projects. The Israeli companies are Civan Lasers, TempraMed, Cordio Medical, Mego Afek, Kav-Medida, Sixgill, Agridrones, HIL Applied Medical, and SirT6 (Ness Ziona). https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/11/bird-to-invest-in-8m-in-9-new-israeli-us-projects/ https://www.civanlasers.com/ https://tempramed.com/ https://www.megoafek.com/ https://kav-medida.co.il/en/home-eng/ https://www.agridrones.co.il/

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Israel’s hi-tech election

Posted on March 31, 2021

Israel employed several hi-tech innovations for the 2021 elections. They included “Vote & Go” polling stations with taxi transport for coronavirus patients and quarantined citizens. Incoming air passengers could vote at Ben Gurion airport and drones redirected voters stuck in … Continue reading →

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Three joint homeland security projects

Posted on January 26, 2020

The Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation is granting $2.3 million to 3 US-Israeli security projects. Israeli startups involved are Blue White Robotics (drone control), S.H. Goren (indoor GPS for first responders) and Cawamo (video security). https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-israel-fund-to-invest-in-3-joint-homeland-security-rd-projects/

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Breakthrough in laser defense systems

Posted on January 12, 2020

Following a “technological breakthrough,” Israel’s Defense Ministry has re-started development of a laser beam system (see here) capable of destroying incoming rockets and small drones, to complement Iron Dome. The new system is expensive but will have negligible operational costs. … Continue reading →

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Protecting UK and Australia’s armies

Posted on September 2, 2018

The UK Ministry of Defense has bought six of the latest anti-drone systems developed by Israel’s Rafael for $20 million to protect sensitive facilities from drones. The Australian Defense Force has bought Rafael’s Trophy Active Protection System for its armored … Continue reading →

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