US company Ondas (Nasdaq: ONDS) today announced that David Barnea, the former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has been appointed chairman and global president. This process included a combination of AI, cybersecurity capabilities, advanced communications systems, intelligence systems, and dedicated operational technologies, designed to give decision-makers and operational forces an advantage in complex, time-sensitive, and threat-saturated environments. Before joining the Mossad, Barnea served in the IDF’s elite Sayeret Matkal special operations unit. His activities will focus, among others, on the Middle East, Europe and Asia, regions where governments are increasing their investments in autonomous defense systems, anti-drone systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, persistent communications, precision attack systems and robotics. Barnea will also play a central role in Ondas’ technology strategy and acquisitions.