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Broadcom MILITARY

MILITARY AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-22
Military Score 0.00 /10 B Broadcom - BDS-1000 766
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Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

Broadcom Inc. is a Delaware corporation whose 2025 Form 10-K defines Broadcom to include its consolidated subsidiaries 1.

Israel’s Ministry of Defense describes its Defense Procurement Directorate as the central procurement body for IDF technology, equipment, and services 2.

No public evidence identified.

Targeted review of Israel Ministry of Defense and SIBAT material did not identify a Broadcom contract, tender award, framework agreement, or memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Defense, IDF, Israel Prison Service, Border Police, or another Israeli security body 2, 3, 4.

The reviewed 2023 and 2025 SIBAT exhibition catalogues identify Israeli defence suppliers and product categories but do not establish Broadcom as an exhibitor, supplier, or contracting counterparty 3, 4.

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

Broadcom’s 2024 annual report states that it maintains design, product, and software-development engineering resources in Israel 5.

An Atlantic Council report records that Broadcom Software personnel, then associated with Symantec research, analysed GoldenCup, a malicious Android application reportedly used by IDF soldiers in 2018 6.

That reference concerns malware analysis targeting soldiers and does not establish a Broadcom product sale, military end-user licence, procurement relationship, or purpose-built kinetic capability 6.

No public evidence identified.

The reviewed material did not identify a Broadcom ruggedised, tactical, mil-spec, or Israel-specific military product variant marketed to Israeli security forces 6, 3, 4.

The reviewed material did not identify a Broadcom export-licence application, end-user certificate, or export-control decision concerning supply to an Israeli military or security end user 1, 5.

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

Broadcom’s corporate contact page lists Israeli offices in Nazareth Industrial Park and at Tel Aviv University 7.

The same corporate location listing does not identify an office in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or the Golan Heights 7.

No public evidence identified.

The reviewed UN Special Rapporteur report and OHCHR settlement-business database do not establish Broadcom equipment, construction services, engineering work, or other involvement in settlements, the separation barrier, checkpoints, detention facilities, military bases, or other occupied-territory infrastructure 8, 9.

The reviewed sources also do not establish an authorised Broadcom distributor, dealer, or secondary-market route connected to such activity 7, 8, 9.

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

Broadcom’s significant-subsidiary exhibit lists, among others, Broadcom Corporation, Broadcom Technologies, Inc., CA, Inc., VMware LLC, VMware Global, Inc., VMware Management Inc., and VMware International Unlimited Company 10.

The exhibit is limited to significant subsidiaries and does not constitute a complete corporate-entity chart 10.

No public evidence identified.

Targeted research did not verify a Broadcom component-supply, co-development, licensed-manufacturing, or technology-transfer relationship with Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael, IMI/Elbit Land, or another identified Israeli defence prime 3, 4.

The reviewed SIBAT catalogues show that Israeli defence suppliers operate in electronic hardware, C4ISR, communications, unmanned systems, and weapons-related categories, but they do not establish Broadcom as a supplier to those firms 3, 4.

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

No public evidence identified.

The reviewed material did not identify Broadcom telecommunications, facilities, transport, freight, port-handling, catering, fuel, waste, or other sustainment services for Israeli military or security installations 6, 2, 3, 4.

The GoldenCup cybersecurity-research reference does not establish an operational-support or service-contract arrangement with Israeli forces 6.

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

No public evidence identified.

The reviewed sources did not verify Broadcom as a prime contractor, licensed manufacturer, or subsystem supplier for Israeli lethal platforms, munitions, missile defence, combat aircraft, tanks, naval systems, or strategic-weapons programmes 6, 3, 4.

The identified GoldenCup reference concerns malware research rather than weapons integration 6.

The reviewed material did not identify Broadcom-designed software that makes targeting decisions or produces a weapons effect for Israeli forces 6.

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

No public evidence identified.

The reviewed SEC filings and corporate materials did not identify a government grant, denial, suspension, or revocation of a defence-export licence concerning Broadcom supply to Israeli military or security end users 1, 5.

The reviewed material did not identify sanctions, arms-embargo enforcement, export-control litigation, or judicial review naming Broadcom in connection with Israeli defence supply 1, 5.

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

The assignment’s document-scoped review found no Broadcom reference in the reviewed UN Special Rapporteur report or the 2023 OHCHR settlement-business database, a result that does not establish broader historical or database-wide absence 8, 9.

No public evidence identified.

The reviewed corporate records identify Hock E. Tan as President and Chief Executive Officer and Henry Samueli as Chairman at the time of the March 2026 proxy filing 1, 11.

Broadcom’s biography states that Samueli co-founded predecessor Broadcom Corporation in 1991 and does not identify an Israeli defence-industry, Israeli military, or settlement-related affiliation 12.

The proxy’s excerpted ownership table identifies Vanguard at 9.9% of Broadcom common stock as of 24 February 2026, below the audit’s stated 10% controlling-principal threshold 11.

The reviewed material did not identify a boycott, divestment, exclusion, or corporate-policy response specifically tied to Broadcom’s Israeli defence-sector activities 8, 9.

Footnotes

  1. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730168/000173016825000121/avgo-20251102.htm ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  2. https://mod.gov.il/en/departments/defense-procurement-directorate-dpd ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. https://www.sibat.mod.gov.il/Exhibitions/DSEI/Documents/ISRAEL%20at%20DSEI%20LONDON%202023.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  4. https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/generalpage/israel-showcases-advanced-defense-technologies-at-defea-2025-6-may-2025/en/English_Documents_Israel_at_DEFEA_2025.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  5. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730168/000119312525044131/d886393dars.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  6. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/the-cyber-strategy-and-operations-of-hamas-green-flags-and-green-hats/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  7. https://www.broadcom.com/company/contact ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  8. https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/23 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  9. https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/53/22 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  10. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730168/000119312525200188/d89314dex211.htm ↩ ↩2

  11. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730168/000119312526085691/d49254ddef14a.htm ↩ ↩2

  12. https://investors.broadcom.com/board-member/henry-samueli-phd ↩