ALPHAZIRKEL INNOVATION TRIP ISRAEL: „Defense, Cyber & Dual-Use as Drivers of Industrial Scale“

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ISRAEL DELEGATION

01–05 March 2026 | Tel Aviv – Be’er Sheva*

• This delegation explores how Israel connects national security, deep tech, capital, and industrial execution — under real-world pressure.
• The focus is not theory, but output: how requirements turn into funded programs, prototypes, serial production, and deployment at speed.
• We will meet defense stakeholders, R&D directorates, frontier technology companies, VCs, and strategic investors shaping the next industrial wave.
• For European family businesses, the key question is practical: where to supply, partner, invest — and how to position early in security-critical markets.
• From geopolitics to capital allocation to industrialization, this trip moves from insight to execution.

Monday, 02 March 2026 | Cyber & Space | National Resilience → Industrial Reality | A full-day deep dive into national cyber defense and certified aerospace manufacturing.

Be’er Sheva → Beit Shemesh → Tel Aviv

• INCD + ICNL Lab (Be’er Sheva): Israel National Cyber Directorate + ICS Cybersecurity National Lab | https://www.gov.il/en/departments/israel_national_cyber_directorate/govil-landing-page und https://www.gov.il/en/pages/about_icnl

Focus:

• • National cyber posture
  • Protection of critical infrastructure (ICS / OT)
  • Applied industrial control system testing
  • Selected relevant OT/ICS security startups

• Bet Shemesh Engines (BSEL) | Military jet-engine components, modules and assemblies for global defense OEMs | https://bsel.co.il/

Focus:

• • Certified aerospace/defense manufacturing

• • Engine MRO and sustainment

• • Small military propulsion systems (UAV-relevant)

• • Long-term military supply-chain integration

• • Dinner with selected founders in Tel Aviv.

Tuesday, 03 March 2026 | VC Day | Capital Platforms That Turn Tech into Scale | How Israel funds scaling — from early venture to structured growth capital

Tel Aviv

• Viola Ventures | Scaling VC across cybersecurity, enterprise, AI, dual-use | https://www.viola-group.com/

• Starburst | Global aerospace & defense accelerator and advisory platform | https://starburst.aero/about/

• Grove Ventures | Early-stage VC (enterprise, AI, deeptech, infrastructure-adjacent tech) | https://www.grovevc.com/

• Maverick Ventures Israel | Early-stage VC (enterprise, AI, deeptech, infrastructure-adjacent tech) | https://www.maverick.vc/

• Qbeat Ventures | Quantum-focused VC platform backing early quantum technology companies | https://www.qbeat.vc/about

• Private dinner with family offices and senior defense-tech leaders.

Wednesday, 04 March 2026 | Defense Manufacturing Day | Prime Execution + R&D-to-Procurement | he industrial end of the ecosystem.

Tel Aviv

• Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) | Focus on serial production expansion and large-scale order backlog| Missile defense (Arrow, Barak-8), UAVs, ISR, space systems | https://www.iai.co.il/

• Elbit Systems | C4ISR, electro-optics, unmanned systems, EW, precision strike | Integrated multi-domain deployable systems | https://www.elbitsystems.com/

• MAFAT (DDR&D) – Israeli MOD R&D Directorate | Understanding how Israel compresses cycles: Requirements → Funding → Prototyping → Trials → Procurement | https://ddrd-mafat.mod.gov.il/en
  Includes discussion of:

• • Prime–startup–operator interaction

• • R&D-to-deployment pipelines

• • Talent & build pipeline (incl. Talpiot / Unit 81 alumni perspective)

• • Private dinner with family offices and senior defense-tech leaders.

Thursday, 05 March 2026 | Fringe Industries | Deep Tech Beyond Defense | Frontier technologies framed through “buildable vs. narrative.”

Tel Aviv / Hod Hasharon

• Quantum Machines | Quantum control hardware & software infrastructure enabling scalable quantum systems | https://www.quantum-machines.co/

• XTEND | Human-guided autonomy systems for tactical ISR and multi-drone operations | https://www.xtend.me/

• nT-Tao | Compact fusion energy systems (~20 MWe modular units) targeting off-grid national and critical infrastructure demand | https://www.nt-tao.com

Core Themes of the Week

• National resilience as industrial driver

• Capital logic: what actually gets funded

• Procurement pathways and cycle compression

• Serial production vs. prototypes

• Where European family businesses can supply, partner, or invest

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* The program may be subject to change