Distress button will alert authorities to an emergency, triggering video, voice and text communication with 3 army headquarters.

The military is using the relocation of units to the Negev to recast its image, and forecasts benefits from cross-pollination with Ben-Gurion University and local startups.

The Israel Defense Forces have formally announced Unit 3060, a field intelligence unit that had secretly formed in September 2014 through the merging of various units from tech-related fields.