Ondes won the Ministry of Defense tender for the development of a new generation of attack drones

Company Undes announced today (Tuesday) that it won a strategic tender worth millions of shekels on behalf of the Israeli Ministry of Defense for the development and production of next-generation tactical attack drone capabilities. The program is part of a broader effort to promote the capabilities of the Ministry of Defense’s tactical drones.

As part of the program, Ondes will lead the development of a new generation of low-cost tactical attack drones, designed to meet evolving operational requirements and enable large-scale deployment in front-line combat units.

Tactical attack drones are becoming an increasingly important component of modern military operations, providing forces with readily available, accurate and flexible air capabilities at the unit level. The next generation capability will be developed to support the evolving operational concept of the Ministry of Defense and the expansion of its use of unmanned and autonomous systems in tactical missions.

The development effort is expected to address the full operational capability, including the air platform, autonomous functionality, mission integration, system engineering, production readiness and compatibility with broader command and control environments.

Ondes is building an integrated autonomous defense platform in four key mission areas: air defense and defense against unmanned aerial systems, aerial intelligence, air attack and unmanned ground systems. AI-based control, mission management, and decision support software serves as the coordinating layer connecting these areas of technology, enabling sensors, aerial platforms, robotic systems, operational units, and command environments to operate as part of a coordinated autonomous system of systems.

Winning the tender is based on the continued expansion of Ondes as a global technology company in the fields of security and defense. Ondes’ strategic growth plan focuses on combining dedicated technologies, such as those included in the “Digital Bat” program, with shared engineering resources, manufacturing capabilities, supply chain capabilities, customer access, program management and field support infrastructure.