Elbit Systems is accelerating its push into autonomous warfare technologies with the acquisition of Bluewhite, an Israeli developer of AI-powered off-road autonomy systems.<\/p>\n
The transaction was completed by Elbit\u2019s subsidiary FUSE, which acquired 100% of Bluewhite\u2019s shares. The financial terms were not disclosed by the companies. Elbit Systems is traded on Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange at a valuation of around $40 billion, but did not file an official report on the transaction.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2017 by Ben Alfi, Yair Shahar, and Aviram Shmueli, and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Bluewhite develops autonomy systems designed to convert conventional vehicles into fully autonomous platforms. Its core technology includes Pathfinder, a retrofit autonomy kit that enables vehicles to operate without human drivers, and Compass, a cloud-based fleet management system that coordinates autonomous operations at scale.<\/p>\n
Bluewhite raised $39 million in Series C financing in January 2024, taking its total funding to $89 million. Its investors include Insight Partners, Alumni Ventures, LIP Ventures, Entr\u00e9e Capital, Jesselson, and Peregrine Ventures.<\/p>\n
The company says its systems have accumulated more than 100,000 hours of autonomous operation across agricultural and defense-related environments, positioning its platform at what it describes as a mature stage of technological readiness, including deployment in both civilian and military settings.<\/p>\n
Elbit said the deal enhances its ability to deliver manned-unmanned teaming systems and expand its portfolio of robotics technologies for defense and homeland security customers.<\/p>\n
\u201cAutonomy and robotics are reshaping how defense forces operate today,\u201d said Eyal Dahan, CEO of FUSE, Elbit\u2019s autonomy-focused unit. He said modern battlefields require \u201cvast adoption of robotics capabilities,\u201d and described Bluewhite\u2019s platform as a key addition to Elbit\u2019s broader ecosystem of autonomous systems.<\/p>\n
Bluewhite CEO Ben Alfi said the acquisition marks \u201ca thrilling new chapter\u201d for the company and its team. \u201cOur mission has always been to bring practical autonomy to the field,\u201d he said. By joining FUSE and Elbit Systems, he added, Bluewhite would be able to scale its technology across defense, security and industrial applications, combining its autonomy stack with Elbit\u2019s operational experience.<\/p>\n
Bluewhite\u2019s technology originated in the agricultural sector, where it was developed to automate farming operations such as seeding, spraying and harvesting using retrofitted tractors. The company has also built a software layer for remote fleet management and data analytics, allowing operators to coordinate multiple autonomous machines simultaneously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elbit Systems is accelerating its push into autonomous warfare technologies with the acquisition of Bluewhite, an Israeli developer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,343,344,85,46,125],"class_list":["post-462376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}