Strategy consulting
01Export and international growth strategy
02Value proposition and portfolio priorities
03M&A scouting and an actionable executive roadmap
INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE MARKETS
THE FUTURE OF
DEFENSE IS HERE.
Our mission is to provide defense industry clients the best know-how to grow their business in the international marketplace.
WHY DEFENSE BEACON
Your trusted partner in the defense marketplace.
Headquartered in Israel, Defense Beacon features a seasoned team of strategy and competitive intelligence experts.
For the past two decades, our team and strategic partner network have delivered strategic insights, actionable intelligence and business-growth services for clients operating in a dynamic international defense market.
OUR SERVICESThree capabilities.
Three capabilities.
One growth route.
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MEET SNOOPER.
A business-development operating system that learns how your company works. It keeps every opportunity moving.
Simple. Clear.
Always learning.
01 · ORGANIZE
Manage the whole picture.
Leads, contacts, decisions and next actions in one living workspace.
02 · ADAPT
Learns your business.
Builds context from your products, markets and real team feedback.
03 · ASK
An AI agent is built in.
Ask questions, compare opportunities, research context and brief the team.
04 · FOLLOW THROUGH
Closes the loop on every lead.
Shows what changed, what needs action and how every opportunity ended.
NO LOST CONTEXT. Just the next useful move.
CASE STUDIESReal work.
Real work.
Clear outcomes.
Selected engagements showing how research becomes a board-level strategy and an executable growth plan.
UAS6 weeksInternational business strategy for a UAS company
- Growth initiative
- Develop an international business growth strategy for a small UAS firm, set geographic priorities and identify technological and operational advantages.
- Process
- Market research and segmentation, a Serviceable Obtainable Market assessment, territory mapping, competitor benchmarking and ecosystem mapping.
- Outcome & impact
- An approved strategic plan that supported R&D funding and the exploration of M&A opportunities.
WHERE WE OPERATE
Across the defense stack.
Platform, weapon and mission-system domains covered by Defense Beacon.
01
Aircraft Systems
Military platforms including manned and unmanned systems.
02
Maritime Systems
Surface and subsurface platforms for combat, search and rescue, including manned and unmanned systems and naval armament.
03
Guided Weapons
Cruise, air-to-air, air-to-ground and anti-ship missiles, ATGM, loitering munitions, guided rockets, bombs and projectiles.
04
Ground Systems
Combat, transport and support vehicles, RCV platforms, artillery, mortars and indirect-fire systems.
05
C4ISR & Electronic Warfare
Command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and electronic warfare systems.
06
Missile Defense & Hypersonics
Counter-UAS, DEW, VSHORAD, SHORAD, GBAD and long-range air and anti-missile defense.
OFER'S INSIGHTSThinking from
Thinking from
the field.
Selected posts by Ofer Shmueli on strategy, intelligence and international defense markets.
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LEADERSHIP
Ofer Shmueli
Ofer Shmueli brings two decades of experience in the international defense industry. During 23 years in the Israel Defense Forces, he served in leadership roles including Special Forces commander, SIGINT specialist, planner and senior intelligence officer focused on military strategy, CONOPS and military technology.
In 2006 he moved into the defense industry and spent 14 years as Senior Director for Strategic Planning, Competitive Intelligence and Market Analysis at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
Ofer holds an Executive MBA from Ben-Gurion University and a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Haifa. He is also a board member of FIMAT, the Israeli association for competitive intelligence professionals.