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Press ## CET in the News [![The Dispatch](https://thedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GrahamBibi.jpg)](https://thedispatch.com/article/lindsey-graham-israel-barack-obama-united-states-donald-trump/) The Dispatch · July 13, 2026 ### [Lindsey Graham Wanted Thoughtful People 'In the Room'](https://thedispatch.com/article/lindsey-graham-israel-barack-obama-united-states-donald-trump/) By Barry Mannis, CET Ventures GP [Read on The Dispatch](https://thedispatch.com/article/lindsey-graham-israel-barack-obama-united-states-donald-trump/) [![The Jerusalem Post](https://cet.vc/hubfs/raw_assets/public/cet-ventures-theme/images/news/jerusalem-post.jpg)](https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-897485) The Jerusalem Post · 2026 ### [The CET Sandbox convenes an urgent counter-drone seminar for the frontlines](https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-897485) Sparked by a message from the frontlines, The CET Sandbox put together an urgent seminar to bring counter-drone tech to troops in the field who are scrambling to counter Hezbollah attack drones. More than 200 members of Israel's defense-tech community met for an urgent closed-door session — 'Operation Northern Shield' — assembled within days of direct operational requests from IDF units dealing with fiber-optic and FPV drone threats daily. [Read on The Jerusalem Post](https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-897485) [![Operation Northern Shield](https://cet.vc/hubfs/raw_assets/public/cet-ventures-theme/images/timeline/defense-budget.jpg)](https://cet.vc/northern-shield?hsLang=en) Press release · The CET Sandbox · May 27, 2026 ### [Operation Northern Shield: The CET Sandbox Mobilizes Israel's Defense Ecosystem to Address the Hezbollah Fiber-Optic Drone Threat](https://cet.vc/northern-shield?hsLang=en) More than 200 participants — from two-person startups to major defense primes, alongside IDF operational units with procurement authority and MAFAT (DDR&D) — convened off-the-record to rapidly identify deployable counter-drone solutions. 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