Ondas wins Defense Ministry tender for next generation attack drones

A week after announcing the appointment of former Mossad chief David Barnea as president and chairman of its defense division, US company Ondas announced that it had won an Israeli Defense Ministry tender to develop the next generation of attack drones for the IDF.

In doing so, Ondas beat companies such as Elbit Systems and Rafael, which have already unveiled and supplied attack drones to the IDF.

According to the company, the multimillion-dollar strategic “Digital Bat” program is intended to provide a low-cost, next-generation tactical drone platform powered by advanced software and designed to meet the IDF’s evolving operational requirements for systems that can be supplied quickly and inexpensively.