Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Companies in Israel
The 53 best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies in Israel in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Kela.
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Our analysis of 50 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies
$6.7b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies in Israel
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kela Provider of secure, open platform integrating commercial and military systems. | $99M | 14 mo ago | Series B | Hamutal Meridor Co-Founder | 2024 | VarnishGitHub PagesGoogle Font API+8 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Creation Space Provider of shared storage design and development of space exploration technologies | $1M | 32 mo ago | Seed | Roy Naor Co-Founder & CEO | 2023 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | — | — |
| 3 | IAI Developer and manufacturer of aerospace, aviation, satellites, and space systems | — | 30 mo ago | Funding Raised | Boaz Levy CEO & President | 1953 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+33 | 7 signals ▲17% Earnings · Regulatory · Announcements | — | — |
| 4 | Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Designs and develops defence and cyber-security system | — | 33 mo ago | Funding Raised | Yedidia Yaari CEO | 1948 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+22 | 4 signals Earnings | 537 patents Advanced electro‑optical and phased‑array sensor systems for defense applications | — |
| 5 | Elbit Systems Developer of defense technology delivering solutions for air, land, and naval | — | 69 mo ago | Public | — | 1966 | DrupalApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+16 | 17 signals ▼45% Earnings · Contracts · Announcements | 2,117 patents Advanced electro‑optical sensing, inertial navigation, and mixed‑reality imaging technologies. | — |
| 6 | AEROMAOZ Provider of HMI & control system manufacturing and product designing for commercial & military sectors | — | — | Unfunded | Yaniv Gadish CEO | 1980 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Agilite Manufacturer of Israeli-designed tactical gear for military and law enforcement | — | — | Funding Raised | — | 2007 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyOrder Deadline+32 | — | — | — |
| 8 | aryt industries Aryt Industries, Ltd. operates as a holding company that mainly manages, establishes, and develops companies… | — | — | Public | — | 1979 | — | — | — | — |
Top 5 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense companies in Israel
#1
Series B · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv · founded 2024$99Mraised▾
Provider of secure, open platform integrating commercial and military systems. It enables integration of commercial and military systems for Western defense. The platform is designed to address frontline challenges and adapt to future innovations. It focuses on empowering defense builders to meet current challenges and evolve with innovations.
- May 2025Series B$60M
- Mar 2025Seed$11M
- Mar 2025Series A$28M
#2
Seed · Netanya, Central District · founded 2023$1Mraised▾
Provider of shared storage design and development of space exploration technologies
#3
Funding Raised · Lod, Central District · founded 1953 · 39 employees—raised▾
Developer and manufacturer of aerospace, aviation, satellites, and space systems
#4
Funding Raised · Haifa, Haifa District · founded 1948 · 1247 employees—raised▾
Designs and develops defence and cyber-security system
#5
Public · Haifa, Haifa District · founded 1966 · 18407 employees—raised▾
Developer of defense technology delivering solutions for air, land, and naval. The company integrates and sustains next-generation solutions across multiple domains. It provides solutions for autonomous, networked warfare, cyber, and homeland security. The company also offers solutions for commercial applications.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Aerospace, Maritime and Defense coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Defense Technology is moving in Israel
A read on the academic research around Defense Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 13 Israel-affiliated papers.
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology4
- Tel Aviv University4
- Rafael Advanced Defense Systems2
- Bar-Ilan University1
- Jerusalem College of Technology1
- Observability1
- Missile1
- Blinding1
- Line-of-sight1
- Control theory (sociology)1
- Missile5
- Missile defense3
- Missile guidance2
- Acceleration2
- Proportional navigation2
Where defense tech is researched across Israel
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.