A privately owned munitions manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia. It operates the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAP), which has been the source of much of the artillery munitions used by the Israeli military, including 155mm rounds, fired by Israel's M109 howitzer guns, and 120mm M830A1 High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) rounds, fired by Israel's Merkava battle tanks.
Corsight developed an AI-based facial recognition application for the Israeli military to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza. According to the New York Times, "Israeli soldiers entering Gaza were given cameras equipped with the technology. Soldiers also set up checkpoints along major roads that Palestinians were using to flee areas of heavy fighting, with cameras that scanned faces."
Colt’s Manufacturing Company makes firearms, including the M16, which was the standard-issue assault rifle used by the Israeli military from the 1990s to the early 2010s. Many older M16 rifles are still in use by the Israeli military and police.
Between November 2023 and January 2024, the Israeli military purchased over $2 million worth of Cisco servers and associated "professional services."
Cisco hardware powers the Israeli military's central data center, which integrates hundreds of combat, intelligence, and command and control systems.
The company also provides the Israeli military with its Unified Communications System, which enables information sharing among different military units, and its Webex video conferencing system.
During its genocidal attacks on Gaza, Israel has used Cellebrite tools to harvest data from the phones of thousands of Palestinians who were captured and kidnapped from Gaza. While Israeli media claimed that these individuals were all members of militant groups, the Israeli military later admitted that the vast majority were civilians.
For decades, Caterpillar has been supplying Israel with the D9 armored bulldozer, which the Israeli military routinely uses to demolish Palestinian homes and civilian infrastructure in the occupied West Bank and to enforce the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
The world’s seventh largest weapons manufacturer, U.K. company BAE Systems manufactures the M109 howitzer, a 155mm mobile artillery system that the Israeli military has been using extensively, firing tens of thousands of 155mm shells into the Gaza Strip.
A manufacturer of military vehicles based in South Bend, Indiana. The company's High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee) has been used by the Israeli military in Gaza. The armor for these vehicles is made by Plasan (see below).
A military drone manufacturer headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
Around Oct. 30, Israel requested to purchase 200 AeroVironment Switchblade 600 Kamikaze drones, an advanced direct fire loitering missile system that acts as a “suicide drone.” It is unclear whether these drones were ever delivered or used by Israel.
Kat Curry is the 2025 Padosi Fellow with the Appalachian Center for Equality (ACE), working to implement policy and programs that advocate for and serve disabled youth in Appalachia. They currently serve as an intern with AFSC and the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy to help develop the 2025 Summer Policy Institute. Kat is an alum of Fairmont State University, recently earning their Bachelors of Science in Sociology.