Defense hardware tested in active combat zones is among the displays the Israel Ministry of Defense has brought to the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., with the showcase arriving as the country's arms export totals have trended upward in recent periods.
Nineteen defense companies from Israel are represented under a unified national pavilion at AUSA 2026 — a land warfare and military technology exhibition counted among North America's largest — with the Ministry's International Defense Cooperation Directorate, known as SIBAT, coordinating the group's presence there.
Among the technologies on display at the pavilion are net-based systems for neutralising unauthorised aerial vehicles, tools that counter interference with satellite navigation signals, and drone- or robot-mounted equipment capable of identifying explosive materials from a distance. GPS anti-jamming hardware on display includes field-updatable units that troops can reconfigure within minutes, giving ground forces the flexibility to respond as electronic warfare conditions shift.
Among the advances on display are drone propulsion systems built around hybrid power arrangements — extending how long aircraft can remain airborne — alongside thermal imaging technology driven by artificial intelligence, with the capacity to function through darkness, smoke, and fog. Lightweight photovoltaic panels — designed to fold and deploy rapidly — are among the products firms are putting forward at the event, with the technology aimed at cutting reliance on traditional power supplies during prolonged field operations.
Arms export revenues attributed to the country climbed to $19.2 billion through 2025 — an annual high recorded across five consecutive years. The ministry's statement pointed to an uptick in overseas appetite for these defence technologies, noting that battlefield deployment had helped validate their performance.
The display is positioned within a wider government push to grow arms sales abroad, and also aims to reinforce the domestic defence manufacturing sector and nurture the longstanding bilateral ties between the two countries.
Ret. Gen. Yair Kulas, who heads SIBAT, told attendees that bringing 19 defense companies to AUSA — the continent's largest land power exhibition — reflected a broader push to connect Israeli defense firms directly with U.S. Army representatives and allied partners, noting that the products on display had already been tested in operational conditions. He added that the pavilion was designed to give smaller and mid-sized firms, which he described as frequent sources of new approaches, direct access to procurement decision-makers, and that the event represented an avenue for deepening the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
Nineteen firms — AccuBeat, Ashot Ashkelon Industries, ASIO Technologies, CTI Intl-Solutions, Dagan-Optics, IMCO Industries, infiniDome, Lowental Hybrid, Magam Safety, Orbit Communication Systems, ParaZero Technologies, Paxis, Redler Technologies, Sol Security Labs, Solarpaint, Steadicopter, Supergum Industries, Thermal Beacon, and Tracense Systems — have taken up floor space together under the banner of the Israel National Pavilion.
According to a ministry statement, attendance at AUSA 2026 is intended to channel overseas interest in the country's defence technologies into lasting bilateral partnerships, while also bolstering the domestic arms industry's expansion.
