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American and Israeli ingenuity just delivered a win for freedom: XTEND, an Israel-founded defense startup, announced it won a multi-million-dollar firm fixed-price contract to develop and deliver close-quarters one-way attack drone kits for the U.S. Office of the Assistant Secretary of War. The Veterans Day announcement underlines a simple truth — when our military asks for tools to keep troops alive, private-sector innovators answer the call fast and effectively.
This isn’t some distant tech fairy tale — Israeli startups like XTEND have been battle-tested and suddenly indispensable in modern conflict, and the Pentagon’s interest is proof that America benefits when we partner with allies who know how to convert hard lessons into real capability. The marketplace for tactical autonomy and loitering munitions is growing because they save American lives and blunt asymmetric threats on the ground.
Patriots should feel proud that production and training will be supported out of Tampa, Florida, giving our troops a domestic supply line for proven systems and ensuring American manufacturing gets the contracts it deserves. We must prefer American jobs and secure supply chains over political ideology; XTEND’s pledge to provide training, spares, and maintenance from U.S. soil is exactly the sort of buy-American posture conservatives should insist on.
Of course, the usual international hand-wringers have reacted with moral panic — European bureaucrats fretting about dual-use research need to remember that defensive innovation often has uncomfortable edges because real enemies are trying to kill our people. Critics who funded academic projects and then feigned surprise when technologies were adapted for defense reveal their own naïveté about the world’s dangers and the necessity of deterrence.
Newsmax’s Jodie Cohen’s on-the-ground reporting from Jerusalem’s City of David reminds Americans why this matters: we’re not talking about abstract policy debates, we’re talking about protecting our allies, their history, and the free people who live under constant threat. Coverage that highlights Israel’s ancient heritage and modern resolve pushes back against the delegitimizers and shows why our nation must stand firm with allies who share our values.
Some will raise alarms about “kamikaze” drones and ethical lines; conservatives answer that the moral duty of any nation is first to protect its citizens and its soldiers, and that includes giving tactical teams the means to prevail in close, ugly fights. XTEND’s new award follows other recent purchases and contracts in this sector, underscoring a bipartisan reality: modern warfare requires modern tools, and choosing not to equip our troops is a political malpractice.
Now is the time for Congress and the administration to double down on policies that keep America ahead: fund domestic manufacturing, cut red tape for allied partnerships, and back technologies that keep our troops and allies safe. Hardworking Americans know that strength, not hand-wringing, preserves freedom — and supporting companies that turn innovation into real battlefield advantage is the patriotic thing to do.
