Israeli firm lands first order for its new drone defense turret

Axon Vision has received its first order for ForceField, an AI-powered counter-drone system it launched in July, with an Israeli defense organization placing a deal worth up to roughly 15 million shekels ($5.0 million), the company announced September 7.

The order includes an initial payment of about 6 million shekels ($2.0 million), with the customer holding options to expand it by another 9 million shekels ($3.0 million). Axon Vision expects to deliver the systems over the next 12 months. The company did not name the Israeli defense organization placing the order.

The Defence Blog first reported on ForceField in July, when Axon Vision unveiled the system as a way to shield tanks, armored vehicles and troops on the move from first-person-view drones, including a newer variant that trails a thin fiber-optic cable back to its operator instead of a radio signal. That design makes fiber-optic FPV drones immune to the radio jammers most militaries already use, since there’s no wireless signal to disrupt in the first place.

ForceField compresses an engagement into three steps the company calls detect, understand and respond. It starts with passive sensors that watch for incoming drones without emitting signals that could reveal a protected unit’s position, then uses onboard artificial intelligence to classify the threat before handing the engagement decision to a human operator under what Axon Vision calls Man-on-the-Loop control, meaning software flags the threat but a person retains authority over whether to fire. The system engages threats using standard weapons and ammunition already common in military inventories, rather than a specialized interceptor munition units would need to stock separately, and it’s built to integrate onto existing vehicles without requiring deep changes to their electronics.

This latest order followed a series of live-fire trials in which ForceField intercepted FPV drone targets and other low-altitude threats under conditions the company designed to mirror real combat, according to Axon Vision.

“Receiving this first order shortly after the launch of ForceField is a significant milestone for us and reflects our transition from development and live-fire validation to initial commercial adoption by defense organizations,” said Neri Zin, CEO of Axon Vision. “We are seeing growing demand for solutions that combine AI and autonomy to address the evolving drone threat, and are advancing additional opportunities with customers and strategic partners in Israel and international markets.”

Axon Vision, founded in 2017 by veterans of Israeli military technology units, went public on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in a listing that raised roughly $26 million. The company has separately built a strategic cooperation agreement with Leonardo DRS, the U.S. subsidiary of Italy’s Leonardo, signed in late 2025 to pursue AI-enhanced counter-drone systems for American customers. That partnership produced a roughly $350,000 order from Leonardo DRS in January for demonstrator systems now under evaluation with U.S. defense and homeland security customers.

Axon Vision has said it expects ForceField to help drive its expansion into European and U.S. markets, building on this first confirmed sale in its home market.

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