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description: "📢 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡: Former Mossad Director David Barnea Joins $Ondas(ONDS.US) Ondas Defense as Global President and Chairman👉 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:➤  𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗮 joins 𝗢𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 as Global President and Chairman.➤  Barnea will help lead Ondas' global expansion and AI-enabled defense strategy.➤  Appointment supports integration of Ondas into a unified 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 defense platform.➤  Barnea served as 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱 Director from 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.➤  Ondas recently secured more than $𝟳𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in new defense orders.➤  Initial focus includes the 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁, 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, and 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮.➤  Barnea will support technology integration, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.➤  Ondas is expanding across 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗨𝗔𝗦, ISR, precision strike, and autonomous systems.➤  Company is advancing its 𝗔𝗜-𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 "Autonomy at First Contact" defense architecture.👉 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀:➤  Brings recent intelligence and operational leadership to Ondas' defense business.➤  Strengthens Ondas' credibility with global defense and government customers.➤  Supports accelerated deployment of integrated AI-powered autonomous defense systems.➤  Signals continued momentum in autonomous defense and military AI technologies.👉 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀:𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸, Chairman and CEO of Ondas:"David brings an extraordinary combination of current operational experience, strategic judgment, technology leadership and global relationships. He led one of the world's most sophisticated intelligence organizations through a period of active conflict, rapidly evolving threats and highly complex operations in which artificial intelligence, advanced communications, cyber capabilities and purpose-built technologies played an increasingly important role.""David understands how to transform an organization around the realities of modern warfare and how to convert emerging technologies into operational capabilities that provide a meaningful strategic advantage. That experience is directly relevant to the next stage of Ondas' growth. We are integrating advanced technologies, engineering capabilities and customer relationships into a unified defense technology platform. David will help us establish strategic priorities, strengthen our global presence and accelerate the development and deployment of integrated solutions for governments and defense organizations around the world."𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗮, Global President and Chairman of Ondas Defense Ltd.:"The nature of warfare is changing rapidly, as demonstrated by the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. Operational advantage increasingly depends on the ability to combine intelligence, artificial intelligence, resilient communications, autonomous platforms and precision capabilities into one coordinated operational environment. Ondas has assembled a distinctive group of technologies, companies and experienced teams across several of the most important areas of modern defense. The opportunity now is to bring those capabilities together, establish a focused operational and technological strategy, and build an integrated platform that can respond quickly to the evolving requirements of governments and national security organizations. I look forward to working with Eric, Oshri and the entire Ondas organization to support the Company's global expansion and help develop the next generation of AI-enabled, multi-domain defense systems."𝗢𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝘂𝗴𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘆, Co-CEO of Ondas Autonomous Systems:"David's experience is exceptionally relevant to what we are building at Ondas. Modern defense organizations need more than individual drones, sensors or software products. They need integrated systems that can collect intelligence, understand threats, support decisions and coordinate autonomous action across air, ground and other operational environments. David has direct experience leading an organization through technological and operational transformation during a period of active conflict. His understanding of AI, intelligence, communications, technology development and complex operational requirements will help us connect the capabilities across Ondas, establish clear development priorities and accelerate the delivery of integrated systems to customers around the world.""
datetime: "2026-08-03T13:36:55.000Z"
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# 📢 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡: Former Mossad Director David Barnea Joi…


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## Comments (1)

- **日月若驰 · 2026-08-03T15:41:14.000Z**: If officially announced, 20 or above is no problem. Israel has been unable to stop fighting these past few years.


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