Military Domain Audit: HP Inc. & Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Company: Hewlett-Packard Company / HP Inc. / Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Audit Phase: Military - Military, Defence & Security Supply Chain Date: 28 June 2026

Preliminary Note: Corporate Structure

Hewlett-Packard Company split in November 2015 into two separately listed entities: HP Inc. (consumer and commercial printers, PCs, and HP Indigo digital printing) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) (servers, software, data centre infrastructure, and IT services) ¹². HP Inc.’s Israeli subsidiaries, as listed in a 2015 SEC Exhibit 21 filing, include HP Israel Ltd., HP Indigo Ltd., HP Scitex Ltd., HP Technology Israel Ltd., PFE Investments Ltd., HP PPS Israel Ltd., and Hewlett-Packard Industrial Printing Ltd. ³. HPE’s principal Israeli subsidiary is Hewlett Packard (Israel) Ltd., which has operated continuously under successive corporate structures ⁴⁵. All contracts entered into before November 2015 were held by Hewlett-Packard Company; post-split military and security contracts passed principally to HPE, while EDS-origin IT services were further separated into DXC Technology in 2017 ²⁶. The UN Special Rapporteur’s 2025 report noted that the 2015 split created “opaque business structures” obscuring the roles of seven remaining Israeli subsidiaries ⁷⁸. This structural complexity requires all sections below to distinguish between contract periods (pre-2015 Hewlett-Packard Company; post-2015 HP Inc. or HPE) and to identify, where possible, which successor entity bears present-day contractual responsibility.

Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

IDF IT Infrastructure Administration (2006–c.2017)

In 2006, Hewlett-Packard Company was selected as the first private contractor to administer Israeli military IT infrastructure, beginning with a pilot programme for the Israeli Navy ⁹¹. The Israeli Navy was enforcing the Gaza naval blockade from 2007 onwards ⁹¹. In 2009, the contract was expanded to cover the entire IDF as part of a “virtualization project” for the full military IT estate ⁹¹. By approximately 2017, Cisco replaced HP as the primary supplier to Israeli military server infrastructure, and this contract is no longer recorded as active per AFSC documentation ¹².

IDF Server Farm - NIS 500 Million Tender (2011–2016)

In 2011, HP Israel won a NIS 500 million Israeli Ministry of Defence server tender - reported at the time as Israel’s largest-ever server procurement - to manage internet server farms for both the Israeli MoD and the army over a five-year period ⁴¹⁰. In September 2012, HP joined with Electra Ltd. as a consortium bidding for the second-stage NIS 2 billion build-operate-transfer (BOT) IDF server farm tender, which covered construction and operation of a server farm and “sensitive electronics systems” as part of the IDF’s strategic relocation to the Negev ¹¹. Other bidding consortia in the 2012 tender included IBM with Shikun & Binui, Dell with Shafir Civil Engineering and Ness Technologies, Lockheed Martin with RAD Bynet, and Cisco with Malam Team ¹¹. In 2016, a major Israeli military data centre contract was again publicly tendered, with procurement activity confirmed by trade press reporting ¹². No public evidence identified that the HP-Electra consortium was awarded the 2012 BOT tender.

IDF Exclusive PC Supply Agreement (2009–c.2017)

In 2009, the Israeli MoD awarded Hewlett-Packard Company an exclusive contract as supplier of personal computers to the Israeli military and other Israeli security forces ¹². The contract was renewed in 2014 for three years with an option to extend until 2019 ¹². Following the November 2015 corporate split, HP Inc. assumed responsibility for this contract ¹². Most purchases under this contract were financed through the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme ¹². No public evidence identified of renewal of this contract beyond 2017.

HPE Military Server Farm - 2024 Selection (Post-ICJ Advisory Opinion)

In July 2024, HPE was selected by the Israeli military to lead a new military server farm project; HPE is to provide the hardware and manage the process of selecting the construction company ⁴¹⁰¹³. The facility is reported as likely to be underground ⁴¹⁰¹³. This selection was made after the ICJ Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024 declaring Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory unlawful ¹⁰. No contract value, formal tender number, or Israeli government procurement record has been made publicly accessible; available sourcing traces to Who Profits and OpenIntel citing Israeli media ⁴¹⁰.

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

Basel Biometric Checkpoint Control System (1999–2016)

The initial contract for the Basel biometric checkpoint system was awarded to Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Israel circa 1999 under the framework of the 1998 Wye River Memorandum, with US government financing, with EDS Israel serving as prime contractor ¹². Hewlett-Packard Company acquired EDS in 2008, inheriting the Basel contract, and EDS Israel was subsequently renamed HP Enterprise Services ¹². The Basel system is an automated biometric access control system that collected fingerprints, hand and retinal scans, and facial data from Palestinians seeking to cross military checkpoints, requiring each individual to hold a magnetic card storing multiple biometric markers ⁹¹⁴¹. HP’s officially described role was “system integrator, in charge of system development, installation at the checkpoints, and system maintenance, including ongoing field support at the checkpoints” ¹.

The system was installed at the Erez/Gaza crossing in 2004 and subsequently expanded to West Bank crossings including Jericho, Bethlehem (Ma’avar Rachel), Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarem, Hebron, Abu Dis, Tarkumia, Ephraim Gate, and Erez ¹⁴. A further expansion to thirteen additional checkpoints - confirmed by Israeli Ministry of Defence response dated 22 January 2015 - added Jalame (Gilboa), Barta’a (Rihan), Tura (Shaked), Eyal, Eliyahu, Yoav, Hashmonaim (Ni’lin), Macabim (Beit Sira), Al-Jib (Givat Ze’ev), Qalandiya (Atarot), Ras Abu-Sbitan (Hazietim), Halamed He, and Sansana (Meitar) ¹⁴. HP Israel renewed its maintenance contract with the Israeli MoD for the Basel system in 2012–2013, extending it to at least 30 June 2013 and further pending state budget approval ¹⁵. The maintenance and field support contract was extended again through the end of 2015 ¹⁴. The Basel system was retired at the end of December 2016 ¹².

HP publicly described the system as “designed to expedite checkpoint passage in a secure environment” and characterised it as contributing “to the development of the regional economy by enabling workers and others to get to their place of work” ¹⁶. The Electronic Intifada documented HP’s framing of its checkpoints role as reducing “friction” with Palestinians ¹⁷.

Historical SIPRI Arms Revenue Ranking

In 2015 (covering 2014 data), Hewlett-Packard Company was ranked 41st in the SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies globally, with approximately $2 billion in military revenue ¹. HP Inc. is no longer listed in the SIPRI Top 100 following the 2015 corporate split, as the defence-relevant enterprise services segments transferred to HPE ¹.

THAAD Missile Defence Computing Components (US Programme, Historical)

HP-735 data processors were used in the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) Tactical Operations Center (TOC), developed by Northrop Grumman (formerly Litton Data Systems); these are general-purpose computing units rather than purpose-built weapons-integration hardware ¹. No public evidence identified of this relationship extending to Israeli defence end-users or Israeli military programmes.

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

Ariel Settlement “Smart City” Project (2005)

In 2005, Hewlett-Packard Company was contracted by the Israeli government to implement a pilot “Smart City” project in the illegal West Bank settlement of Ariel ⁹¹². The scope included a disaster-resilient storage system for critical municipal services and a municipal wireless internet network for the settlement municipality’s employees and residents ⁹¹². Current status following the 2015 corporate split has not been confirmed in public records; no evidence of a transfer to HPE or of a continuing contract has been identified ².

Beitar Illit West Bank Settlement R&D Centre (2006–2017)

In 2006, EDS Israel established an R&D centre in facilities of the Beitar Illit municipality - an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank established to create employment for ultra-orthodox Jewish women within the settlement ¹². Upon HP’s acquisition of EDS in 2008, the centre passed to HP Enterprise Services ¹². In 2012, the centre relocated to a new building shared with Malam Team and Citybook Services ¹². The centre transferred to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in 2015, and then to DXC Technology upon its separation from HPE in 2017 ². In 2022, DXC Technology divested its Israeli IT business, including this centre, to Ness; it is no longer operated by any HP-affiliated entity ²⁶.

Matrix IT - Settlement-Based Reseller

HP’s supply chain for IDF IT infrastructure included Matrix IT as a reseller and distributor of HP computers, servers, and virtualisation solutions; Matrix IT and its subsidiary Tact Testware were located in the illegal West Bank settlement of Modi’in Illit, and HP trained Matrix IT employees to provide software and services ¹². Whether this distributor relationship continued after the 2015 corporate split has not been confirmed in publicly accessible sources.

No public evidence identified of HP Inc. or HPE involvement in demolition of Palestinian homes, construction of the separation barrier, or construction of military checkpoints as a contractor.

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

IDF Server Farm Consortium Bid (2012)

In September 2012, HP joined with Electra Ltd. in a consortium bidding for the NIS 2 billion IDF server farm BOT tender; this engagement constituted IT infrastructure management and procurement rather than component supply into an Israeli defence prime’s production line ¹¹. No public evidence identified that this consortium was awarded the contract.

Israeli Defence Industrial Primes (Elbit, IAI, Rafael, IMI)

No public evidence identified of a direct supply relationship between HP Inc., HPE, or any HP predecessor entity and Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, or Israel Military Industries (IMI) for components, sub-systems, guidance electronics, radar hardware, or other defence-specific materials.

THAAD TOC Computing Components (US Programme)

HP-735 general-purpose data processors were incorporated into the THAAD Tactical Operations Center under a US DoD programme managed by Northrop Grumman as prime contractor ¹. No Israeli defence prime integration nexus has been identified in connection with this supply relationship.

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

Israel Prison Service - “Kidma” System and Server Maintenance (2007–Present)

In 2007, Hewlett-Packard Company was contracted by the Israel Prison Service (IPS) to develop the “Kidma” information system covering prisoner records, prison management, human resources, and intelligence functions ¹². The Kidma project was terminated after HP failed to deliver the system; expenditure overran from a planned NIS 50 million to NIS 144 million spent, but HP was retained for server maintenance and training ¹². Following the November 2015 corporate split, the IPS server maintenance contract transferred to HPE ².

Between 2015 and 2020, a total of NIS 2,695,268 was paid to HPE for IPS server maintenance ⁴. In February 2023, HPE received a NIS 371,856 maintenance contract running through February 2024 ⁴. In April 2024, an additional NIS 364,075 contract was awarded for one further year ⁴¹⁰. In March 2025 - after both the ICJ Advisory Opinion of July 2024 and the ICC arrest warrants of November 2024 - HPE was contracted as sole supplier (via exemption from tender) for NIS 445,000 to maintain HPE equipment in the IPS central server farm and backup facility through February 2026; equipment covered includes the central storage system and seven SAN switches ⁴¹⁰. The Israel Prison Service holds Palestinian political prisoners, including persons in administrative detention and children ².

Israel National Police - Data Centre Services (2004–Present)

Between 2004 and 2015, Hewlett-Packard Company provided endpoint stations, software, networking, and hardware to the Israel National Police, including for use of the population registry ¹². In 2017, HPE received a NIS 366,000 contract for Virtual Connect (VC) system maintenance ¹⁸. A server maintenance contract was awarded in 2018 and ran through 2021 ¹⁸. In 2021, HPE received a NIS 4 million contract for Data Centre Care services running three years through 2024, alongside a separate NIS 4 million proactive maintenance contract through December 2023 ⁴¹⁸. In January 2024 - after the ICJ Advisory Opinion - HPE renewed its Data Centre Care contract with the Israel National Police as sole supplier for an additional three years through December 2026, for a further NIS 4 million ⁴¹⁰.

Population, Immigration and Borders Authority - Aviv System (2011–Present)

In 2011, Hewlett-Packard Company was contracted as sole supplier of Itanium servers for the Aviv System, Israel’s national population and immigration registry operated by the Population, Immigration and Borders Authority (PIBA) ⁴¹⁸. The Aviv System contains detailed records on all Israeli citizens including settlers, Palestinian citizens of Israel, Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem, and residents of the Syrian Golan ⁴¹⁹. In May 2023, HPE was awarded a NIS 3,829,410 (approximately USD 818,250) contract for Itanium servers, services, and maintenance through June 2026 ⁴¹⁰. In May 2025 - after both the ICJ Advisory Opinion and the ICC arrest warrants - HPE’s Aviv System contract was extended via a further NIS 3,129,750 agreement through May 2028 ⁴. The Aviv System is being phased out and replaced by IBM’s Eitan System, which IBM began operating from 2019; HPE continues to maintain the legacy Itanium servers through the transition period ⁴¹⁸.

Israeli Biometric ID Card Project - Ministry of Interior (2008–2017)

In 2008, Hewlett-Packard Company was contracted by the Israeli Ministry of Interior for NIS 230 million to supply equipment and produce biometric ID cards issued to Israeli citizens, including Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of occupied East Jerusalem ⁹¹. Contracts were extended through 2014, with accumulated value exceeding NIS 223 million, and were transferred to HPE and DXC post-split ¹⁸. An additional NIS 31 million contract was recorded in 2016 ¹⁸. In 2017, the biometric ID card project transferred to DXC Technology’s Israeli subsidiary (EntServ Israel), which operated the Arbel Project of the Aviv System including biometric ID production; this contract is no longer held by any HP-affiliated entity ²⁶.

No public evidence identified of HP Inc. or HPE holding shipping, freight forwarding, or port handling contracts serving Israeli defence logistics or military cargo.

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

No public evidence identified of HP Inc. or HPE acting as a prime contractor or licensed manufacturer of small arms, artillery, armoured vehicles, drones, naval vessels, munitions, explosive ordnance, propellants, warhead components, or any lethal platform supplied to Israeli forces.

No public evidence identified of HP Inc. or HPE supplying components for Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow missile defence, fighter aircraft, main battle tanks, naval vessels, or ballistic missile systems to Israeli defence programmes.

THAAD Computing Components (US Programme, Historical)

HP-735 general-purpose data processors were incorporated in the THAAD Tactical Operations Center developed by Northrop Grumman under a US DoD programme ¹. This is a US government programme; no Israeli defence nexus has been identified in connection with it.

HPE US DoD / DISA Cloud Contract (November 2025)

On 25 November 2025, HPE was awarded a $931 million ten-year contract by the US Department of Defense / DISA for deployment of HPE GreenLake Private Cloud across US military data centres under the Distributed Hybrid Multi-Cloud programme, covering “combat-support missions” including classified air-gapped environments ²⁰. This is a US DoD contract; no Israeli defence nexus has been identified ²⁰.

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

Export Licence Decisions

No public evidence identified of any government decision - in any jurisdiction - to grant, deny, suspend, or revoke an export licence specifically for HP Inc. or HPE products to Israeli military or security end-users.

Arms Embargo and Sanctions Compliance

No public evidence identified of any investigation, citation, or enforcement action relating to HP Inc. or HPE in connection with Israeli arms embargoes or export control regimes.

Al-Tamimi et al. v. Adelson et al. (D.D.C. No. 1:16-cv-00445)

A lawsuit was filed in 2016 in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against multiple defendants, including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, in which the complaint alleged HP had “a $6 billion investment in the OPT” and had provided “essential computer technology, including sophisticated surveillance devices that enable settlers to maintain control over the surrounding Palestinian population,” classifying HP among “Construction/Support Firm” defendants ²¹. In August 2017, the District Court dismissed the case on political question and lack of jurisdiction grounds ²¹. On 19 February 2019, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit reversed the dismissal and remanded the case for further proceedings ²¹. In February 2024, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan issued a Memorandum Opinion addressing defendants’ motions to dismiss; HP’s specific outcome in that ruling has not been confirmed from publicly accessible court records, and the case remains active as of the most recent available record ¹⁰.

UN Special Procedures Communication

A UN Special Procedures communication concerning Hewlett-Packard Company is publicly registered in the OHCHR communications archive (file gId=26183) ²². The specific rapporteur mechanism, date, and detailed content of the communication could not be fully extracted from the encoded PDF during this research session ²².

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

UN Reporting

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, specifically named both HPE and HP Inc. in her report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/59/23, “From economy of occupation to economy of genocide,” advance version, approximately June 2025) ⁷²³⁸. HPE was cited under the report’s “Surveillance and carcerality” section for maintaining the PIBA biometric database (the Aviv System), described as “enabling collection, storage and governmental use of biometric data on Palestinians,” with HPE’s Israeli subsidiary noted as continuing to provide servers during the IBM transition ⁷⁸. HP was cited more broadly for having “long enabled Israel’s apartheid systems, supplying technology to COGAT, the prison service and police” ⁷. The 2015 corporate split was characterised in the same report as creating “opaque business structures” that obscure accountability across seven remaining Israeli subsidiaries ⁷.

The OHCHR updated its formal database of businesses involved in settlement-related activities (A/HRC/60/19) in September 2025, listing 158 enterprises ²⁴²⁵. Based on secondary reporting of the database’s scope and composition - which focuses primarily on construction, real estate, and extractive industries - HP Inc. and HPE do not appear to be listed in this formal settlement database ²⁴²⁵. Over 100 unions, movements, and solidarity organisations submitted a letter in November 2020 calling specifically for HPE’s inclusion in the OHCHR settlement database ²⁶. A UN Special Procedures communication concerning Hewlett-Packard Company is also registered in the OHCHR communications archive ²².

NGO Documentation

Who Profits Research Center has published multiple dedicated reports on HP and HPE, including reports on the Basel checkpoint system, the MoD server tender, biometric ID cards, and ongoing government service contracts, updated through mid-2025 ^9415142718. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Investigate maintains separate profiles for HP Inc. and HPE ¹². OpenIntel UK maintains an HP Corporate Complicity Dossier documenting the July 2024 military server farm selection and the full history of Israeli government service contracts ¹⁰. CJPME published an updated boycott campaign factsheet in August 2024 ¹³. War Resisters’ International named Hewlett-Packard its “War Profiteer of the Month” in 2014 ²⁸. The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) has published a dedicated Boycott Hewlett Packard Toolkit ²⁹. The BDS National Committee maintains a standing HP boycott campaign with multiple published campaign updates including a December 2023 update specifically addressing the Gaza context ³⁰³¹.

Boycott, Divestment, and Institutional Scrutiny

The grounds cited by the BDS Movement for the HP boycott include: HP’s role in the Basel biometric checkpoint system; the IDF exclusive PC supply contract financed through US FMS; HPE’s maintenance of the Aviv System population registry; HPE’s Israel Police and Prison Service server contracts; and HP Indigo’s provision of products and services to Israeli government officials ³⁰³¹¹³. Palestine solidarity campaigners have publicly targeted HP in sustained and documented campaigns ³².

Documented institutional divestment or boycott decisions include: Friends Fiduciary Corporation (Quaker, 2012); Presbyterian Church USA (2014); United Church of Christ (2015); Alliance of Baptists (2016); Unitarian Universalist Association (2016); Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (2016); Mennonite Church (2017); and multiple United Methodist Annual Conferences that have considered HP divestment ³⁰³³. Dublin City Council (Ireland) and Portland City Council (Oregon) are among city governments recorded as passing relevant resolutions ³⁴. Over forty US campuses have passed student or faculty divestment resolutions or referenda naming HP ³⁰. The UK’s National Education Union and other trade union bodies have called for an HP boycott ³². Among the over 100 signatories to the 2020 letter calling for HPE’s inclusion in the OHCHR settlement database were Fórsa (Ireland, 80,000 members), UNISON (UK, 1.3 million members), and Brazil’s Central Única dos Trabalhadores (7.5 million members) ²⁶.

The BDS Movement in June 2018 projected up to $120 million in potential losses should 10% of the Students Federation of India’s membership (over four million) boycott HP; this figure represents a conditional forecast, not a documented financial loss ³⁵. In September 2022, the BDS Movement characterised the conclusion of HPE’s primary Aviv System maintenance role as a “major success” attributable to over a decade of campaign pressure ³⁴; however, HPE’s Aviv System contracts have subsequently continued in diminishing form through June 2026, and under the May 2025 extension, through May 2028 ⁴.

Corporate Responses

HP Inc. issued a formal BDS response statement in 2021 characterising civil society claims as “misinformation,” stating that “HP Inc. does not develop, sell or own technologies or provide any related services in our portfolio pertaining to data centers or servers,” and asserting the company “does not take sides in political disputes between countries or regions” ³⁶. HPE responded to allegations linking its products to war crimes in September 2018, stating: “HPE is strongly committed to socially responsible business practices and has been throughout its history. Our work in Israel is consistent with our values and standards” ³⁷. HP’s Human Rights Programme Manager responded to the European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP) in April 2014, stating that “the issues taking place in Israel and Palestine are complex” and that HP “adheres to the laws and regulations of the countries it does business with,” while characterising the Basel System as contributing to “the development of the regional economy” ¹⁶. No public statements by HP Inc. or HPE addressing the July 2024 ICJ Advisory Opinion, the November 2024 ICC arrest warrants, or the June 2025 Albanese report A/HRC/59/23 have been identified.

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