Defense-Tech BGU

DefenseTechBGU is a defense-tech entrepreneurship community at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, operating under the BGU Entrepreneurship Center 360.

The community includes around 50 students from diverse academic backgrounds, united by a shared mission: to learn, build, and help shape the future of Israel’s security through technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

Through our activities, we expose students to the defense-tech ecosystem, connect them with real operational challenges, and support them throughout the process of shaping an idea, forming a team, developing a technological solution, and presenting an initial prototype.

Our goal is to enable students to take an active role in the worlds of defense and innovation while still at university, and to provide them with the tools, connections, and first-hand experience needed to build meaningful ventures in the field.

Our vision is to grow a new generation of defense-tech entrepreneurs, bring new ventures and innovative thinking into the defense industry, and help students integrate into the defense ecosystem already during their studies — through hands-on experience, professional connections, and the development of solutions for real-world challenges.