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4M Defense Ltd. (Hebrew: פור אם דיפנס) is an Israeli company engaged in clearing landmines, unexploded ordnance and other explosive remnants of war,[3][4] handling improvised explosive device scenes,[5] supporting weapons trials and carrying out controlled detonations, including survey of suspected hazardous areas and manual and mechanical clearance. The company combines mapping and robotics capabilities and operates in war-affected areas, using robotic systems to clear dangerous ordnance.[6][3] It was founded in 2012[1] by Nir Cohen and Itzik Malka, former officers of the Yahalom unit of the Combat Engineering Corps,[3] and is based in Ra'anana.[7] It is one of the civilian companies carrying out mine and unexploded ordnance clearance in Israel under contract with the Israel National Mine Action Authority (INMAA) of the Ministry of Defense.[8][4] In October 2025, 4M Defense was acquired by the American company Ondas Defense.[9][10] HistoryThe company was founded in 2012.[1] In the Israeli Registrar of Companies, 4M Defense Ltd. is registered as a private company incorporated on 18 February 2016.[7] The founders, Nir Cohen and Itzik Malka, served as officers in the Yahalom unit.[3] According to a 2021 article in Globes, Cohen left a position at Elbit Systems for the venture, and Malka had served in the unit for about a decade. The two began as subcontractors on clearance tasks in unusual terrain, and their clearance company later became a prime contractor of the Israeli Ministry of Defense in the field.[11] In June 2020 the sister company 4M Analytics shifted its focus to mapping underground infrastructure, backed by broad venture capital investment, including from Viola Ventures, Insight Partners, F2 Capital and ITI.[12][13] In 2022-2023, 4M won mine clearance contracts from the INMAA.[4][14] OwnershipIn October 2025 the American company Ondas Holdings (renamed Ondas Inc. in January 2026)[15] agreed to buy from the founders, Nir Cohen and Itzik Malka, 70% of the holding company that owns 4M Defense, for a total of US$8.4 million: US$2.4 million in cash and the rest in Ondas shares.[16][2] The deal closed on 29 October 2025.[9][10] In March 2026 the remaining 30% was acquired at a company valuation of US$17 million.[17][18] OperationsThe company surveys areas suspected of contamination and clears mines and unexploded ordnance by manual and mechanical methods.[8][4] According to the company, its services also include risk mapping based on non-technical survey and data analysis, planning advice for governments, non-governmental organizations and commercial clients, and training programs for national authorities and field operators.[5] The company operates a data-fusion platform that combines satellite imagery, drone mapping and historical threat data to locate mines and unexploded ordnance, as well as ground and subsurface robotic demining systems.[6] Its Nexus robotic systems are designed for fully robotic clearance, without human contact with the ordnance.[19] In February 2026 the company was awarded a multi-year demining program worth more than US$30 million along the Israel-Syria border. In March 2026 it received an order of US$15.8 million under the program.[6] In April 2026 the company won a tender for mine clearance along Israel's border with Jordan, in the section between Hamat Gader and Eilat, ahead of the construction of the Ministry of Defense's eastern border security barrier.[6][20] The clearance work uses autonomous ground robotic systems, drone mapping and AI-based data processing.[6] See alsoReferences
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