Chicago-based critical comms specialist Motorola Solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to snap up Ra’anana, Israel headquartered counter-drone tech firm D-Fend Solutions for a purchase price of US$1.5 billion.

Motorola said D-Fend’s field proven technology was trusted by government, public safety and enterprise organisations, with thousands of deployments across some 30 countries, with annual revenue growth of over 50 per cent over the last three years and expected full year 2026 revenues of US$185 million.

“Securing the airspace against unauthorised drones is a rapidly increasing global necessity, with an evolving regulatory landscape opening greater access to solutions,” Motorola Solutions said. “The Safer Skies Act, enacted as part of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, marks a significant shift by authorising trained and certified state and local law enforcement to not only detect and track drones that pose a public safety risk, but also, where permitted, to safely mitigate those threats.”

“Rogue drones have transformed our skies into a landscape of unpredictable risk, where simple detection is no longer enough,” said Greg Brown, chairman and CEO of Motorola Solutions. “With D-Fend, drone threats are not just identified; their communications are overridden and redirected, safely bringing them to the ground, keeping people and communities safe.

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to required regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.