Target: MongoDB, Inc. Research cutoff: 23 October 2026 Domain: Military, defence logistics, military-industrial supply chains, and purpose-built kinetic systems.
Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement
Israeli distribution agreements
On 11 February 2014, MongoDB announced that Matrix’s software-products division would distribute MongoDB solutions throughout Israel; the announcement described Matrix as serving customers across several sectors, including defence and government, but did not identify any defence organisation purchasing MongoDB through the agreement. [pre-2020] 1
MongoDB separately announced the establishment of an Israeli office on 3 February 2014 and identified Koby Lif and Sharon Elkayam as local executives. [pre-2020] 2
A separate 11 February 2014 corporate announcement described MongoDB’s expansion of local Israeli management and distribution arrangements. [pre-2020] 3
A Microsoft Marketplace listing published by Matrix IT Ltd. identifies its Software Products Division as supporting customer-project integration, training, and implementation, and expressly names MongoDB Atlas among the third-party technologies supported through its services; the listing does not identify MongoDB-specific defence procurements. 4
Other Israeli technology partners
Brillix identifies itself as a MongoDB professional-services partner in Israel and describes licence reselling, deployment, support, and related services; its published partner listing does not identify a named Israeli military customer or MongoDB defence award. 5
Israeli corporate presence
MongoDB’s current published office directory identifies a Tel Aviv location at Derech Menachem Begin 144. 6
MongoDB’s published subprocessor inventory lists MongoDB Israel Inc. among its corporate affiliates. 7
A MongoDB article originally published in June 2023 and updated in March 2025 described a Tel Aviv office opened in December 2022 and reported more than 50 local employees at the time of publication. 8
Israeli military contracting
No public evidence identified of a signed MongoDB contract, publicly disclosed procurement award, framework agreement, or memorandum of understanding naming the Israeli Ministry of Defence, IDF, Israel Prison Service, or Israeli Border Police as a direct MongoDB customer; the reviewed distribution announcement identifies defence customers of Matrix without identifying MongoDB’s ultimate purchasers. 1
Defence-trade directories
No public evidence identified of a MongoDB entry establishing an Israeli military contract in the reviewed company and partner disclosures. 1, 4
Clarification of Israeli office establishment dates
MongoDB’s primary corporate documentation gives 2019 as the establishment year of its Tel Aviv office. In an interview published on 21 July 2022, Gabriella Cohen, MongoDB’s Regional Vice President for Israel, explicitly stated that the office was established in 2019. She reported more than 30 employees in customer-facing roles and a Tel Aviv support team serving over 900 customers. This provides a specific establishment year from MongoDB’s regional leadership that is absent from the existing audit. 9
The 2019 date differs from MongoDB’s earlier announcement dated 3 February 2014, which explicitly announced the opening of a local Israeli office and appointed Koby Lif and Sharon Elkayam as local executives. Both statements are independently documented by MongoDB, but neither publication explains why the company described an office opening in 2014 and subsequently identified 2019 as its establishment year. The defensible chronology therefore distinguishes the 2014 announced local office opening from the 2019 establishment date retrospectively reported by regional leadership, without assuming that the latter represents MongoDB’s first physical presence in Israel. This confirms the existing statement under “Israeli distribution agreements” concerning the February 2014 office announcement, while qualifying any interpretation of that announcement as an uncontested establishment date for the later Tel Aviv operation. 9, 2
MongoDB’s article published on 14 June 2023 and updated on 18 March 2025 separately identifies December 2022 as the opening of a new office space at WeWork Midtown in Tel Aviv. Its wording acknowledges an established local presence before that opening. Consequently, December 2022 denotes a new physical office-space opening rather than the initial establishment of MongoDB’s Israeli operations. This confirms the existing statement under “Israeli corporate presence” concerning the December 2022 opening and clarifies its relationship to the 2014 and 2019 dates. None of these office-history disclosures independently establishes an Israeli military procurement relationship. 9, 2, 8
Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants
Commercial products and defence marketing
MongoDB markets its database platform to defence agencies and contractors, explicitly describing security capabilities, application development, supply-chain management, and proactive maintenance as defence-sector applications. 10
The company’s broader public-sector marketing also identifies defence as a target sector for its general-purpose data platform. 11
MongoDB Atlas for Government is a dedicated, fully managed database environment serving the US public sector, including federal agencies and other eligible government organisations. 12
MongoDB’s government documentation describes Atlas for Government as a managed database platform with a subset of commercial Atlas features and additional government-specific functionality. 13
MongoDB’s published FedRAMP documentation states that Atlas for Government received FedRAMP Moderate authorisation on 18 January 2023 and identifies the authorisation package as FR2122150307. 14
On 30 June 2025, MongoDB announced its pursuit of FedRAMP High and US Department of Defense Impact Level 5 authorisations to support more sensitive government workloads. 15
The corresponding corporate announcement stated that MongoDB’s technology was trusted by all branches of the US Department of Defense and a range of US intelligence organisations; it did not identify Israeli defence agencies as customers. 16
MongoDB’s published Trust Center describes security, encryption, access-control, auditing, and compliance capabilities applicable to commercial and public-sector workloads. 17
Civilian-to-military distinction
MongoDB’s product documentation identifies Atlas for Government as a separate, government-oriented database environment; its published description concerns general-purpose database processing and government security requirements. 12, 13
MongoDB’s SOC 2 documentation distinguishes responsibilities for infrastructure security and customer application configuration, including for Atlas for Government. 18
MongoDB’s architecture documentation separately identifies US-government deployment environments and compliance mechanisms without describing an Israeli military-specific product variant. 19
No public evidence identified of a MongoDB database variant purpose-built for Israeli kinetic targeting, fire control, precision guidance, or weapons release in the reviewed technical materials. 10, 12, 13
End-user certification and export licensing
No public evidence identified of an Israeli military end-user certificate, an Israeli defence-specific MongoDB export licence, or a publicly disclosed government export-control determination covering a named MongoDB defence transaction. 1, 10
Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure
Equipment in occupied territories
MongoDB describes its offerings as database and cloud-software technologies rather than fleets of construction vehicles or earthmoving equipment. 10, 12
No public evidence identified of MongoDB-owned machinery used in settlement construction, demolition, checkpoints, military bases, or separation-barrier construction in the reviewed corporate disclosures. 6, 12
Direct and indirect supply
The documented Matrix and Brillix arrangements concern database products and technical services; their reviewed disclosures do not identify construction-machinery distribution or a particular construction project in occupied territory. 1, 5
Construction and engineering contracts
No public evidence identified of MongoDB directly contracting to construct, demolish, service, or expand Israeli settlement infrastructure, checkpoints, detention facilities, or military installations. 1, 6
Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes
Israel Aerospace Industries / ELTA Systems
A 2026 recruitment notice reproduced by DevJobs identifies a Database Administrator Specialist position in ELTA Systems’ software division and specifically names MongoDB alongside PostgreSQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server in the database technologies for which the position would assume installation, configuration, upgrades, and lifecycle management responsibilities. 20
The DevJobs listing, updated on 18 August 2026, identifies Israel Aerospace Industries as the employer, gives Ashdod as the location, and describes MongoDB database-management requirements. 21
The recruitment notice establishes a publicly stated ELTA organisational requirement for MongoDB-related database expertise; it does not identify a MongoDB supplier contract, licence fee, actual production instance, named weapons programme, or targeting application. 20, 21
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
No public evidence identified from a replacement page that could be opened without login and independently verified for the specific 28 April 2026 Rafael backend team-lead recruitment advertisement.
No public evidence identified from that recruitment notice sufficient to establish a deployed MongoDB instance, corporate procurement, licence agreement, or specific military output.
Historical IDF intelligence-unit use
No public evidence identified from a replacement page that could be opened without login and independently verified for the specific 14 September 2017 first-person technical account attributed to Dor Refael Avrahamof.
No public evidence identified from that account sufficient to establish the intelligence unit, underlying application, MongoDB procurement mechanism, contract value, or current operational status.
Component categories
The products identified in the reviewed IAI recruitment materials concern database software and application infrastructure, rather than physical weapons components. 20
No public evidence identified of MongoDB supplying optical assemblies, propulsion systems, guidance electronics, armoured-vehicle components, warheads, radar modules, or other identifiable physical weapons components to IAI, Rafael, Elbit Systems, or IMI. 10, 20
Joint development and co-production
No public evidence identified of a named joint weapons-development programme, licensed military manufacturing agreement, or military technology-transfer contract between MongoDB and the Israeli defence manufacturers examined. 20
Logistical Sustainment & Base Services
Military installation services
MongoDB expressly markets database capabilities for defence supply-chain management and equipment-maintenance analytics; its product marketing does not identify a particular Israeli military base receiving such services. 10
No public evidence identified of a MongoDB contract to supply catering, fuel, physical transportation, building maintenance, waste disposal, or comparable installation services to an Israeli military base. 10, 11
Geographic specificity
MongoDB identifies a Tel Aviv corporate office, while the reviewed corporate office directory does not identify an office or military logistics facility in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or occupied Syrian Golan. 6
No public evidence identified of a named MongoDB logistical-support arrangement serving an Israeli installation in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, occupied Syrian Golan, or Negev. 6, 10
Shipping, freight and port services
No public evidence identified of MongoDB holding a defence-cargo shipping, freight-forwarding, port-handling, or arms-transport contract. 10, 12
Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms
Lethal systems manufacturing
MongoDB’s published defence-sector offerings describe software infrastructure, database management, security, application modernisation, and information-processing capabilities. 10, 11
No public evidence identified of MongoDB manufacturing small arms, artillery, armoured vehicles, tactical drones, military aircraft, naval vessels, or other lethal platforms. 10, 12
Munitions and precursor materials
No public evidence identified of MongoDB manufacturing or supplying ammunition, explosive ordnance, chemical propellants, warhead materials, or munitions precursors to Israeli defence organisations. 10, 12
Strategic defence systems
The 2026 ELTA recruitment evidence names MongoDB among database technologies, but does not connect it to a particular aircraft, radar, missile, command-and-control platform, or other strategic defence system. 20, 21
No public evidence identified from an independently retrievable replacement of the Rafael recruitment notice establishing that MongoDB software produces a targeting decision or kinetic weapons effect.
No public evidence identified of MongoDB supplying a documented subsystem for Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow, Israeli fighter aircraft, main battle tanks, naval platforms, or ballistic missile systems. 20
Purpose-built kinetic software
The reviewed product descriptions identify MongoDB as a general-purpose database platform used to build and support applications, rather than software whose defined output is a weapon engagement, fire-control command, or kinetic targeting decision. 10, 12, 13
The available ELTA recruitment evidence does not identify MongoDB as the developer or supplier of autonomous target-selection software, kill-chain automation, precision-guidance software, or a purpose-built kinetic targeting system. 20
No public evidence identified of a MongoDB-authored or MongoDB-supplied weapons-specific software system with a publicly documented Israeli military end-user. 10, 20
Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History
Corporate reporting and governance
MongoDB’s May 2026 proxy statement identifies its directors and corporate governance structure, including board membership and the applicable election arrangements. 22
MongoDB announced on 28 September 2026 that Chirantan Desai had stepped down as chief executive and that former CEO Dev Ittycheria would assume the role on an interim basis. 23
MongoDB’s published board biographies identify Tom Killalea as chair and describe directors’ backgrounds in technology, venture capital, financial services, cybersecurity, and related industries. 24
The reviewed corporate biographies and proxy disclosures do not establish a specific Israeli military supply transaction by MongoDB’s directors or their personal investment vehicles. 22, 24
Export licence decisions
No public evidence identified of a named export licence granted, refused, suspended, or revoked for MongoDB products supplied to an Israeli defence or security end-user in the reviewed corporate and product disclosures. 22, 17
Arms embargoes and sanctions
No public evidence identified of a MongoDB-specific enforcement decision relating to an Israeli military export, arms embargo, or defence-related sanctions violation in the reviewed corporate disclosures. 22
Judicial proceedings
No public evidence identified of a court judgment or judicial-review decision establishing an unlawful MongoDB defence supply relationship with Israel in the reviewed corporate and publicly accessible materials. 22, 24
Post-July and November 2024 activity
MongoDB’s Israeli business presence remained publicly documented in materials updated in March 2025 and in its subsequently accessible corporate listings. 6, 8
MongoDB also continued developing and marketing defence-oriented database capabilities in 2025, including the announced pursuit of US government security authorisations. 15, 16
The 2026 IAI recruitment material postdates both 19 July 2024 and November 2024, but does not identify when any particular MongoDB licence or deployment began or whether a direct supplier contract continued through those dates. 20
No public evidence identified of a MongoDB-specific Israeli defence agreement whose documented continuation can be evaluated against those dates. 1, 20
Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations
Corporate presence and defence-related evidence
The identified primary-source evidence concerning MongoDB’s Israeli operations consists principally of the 2014 Matrix distribution agreement, the established Tel Aviv office, and the company’s documented Israeli corporate affiliate. 1, 6, 7
The more specific military-adjacent evidence retained in this audit comprises the 2026 IAI/ELTA recruitment material naming MongoDB among the database technologies relevant to an advertised role. 20, 21
The reviewed sources do not establish that any named Israeli defence customer purchased MongoDB directly from MongoDB, Inc., as distinct from using generally available software or listing MongoDB among technical requirements. 1, 20, 21
Boycott and protest activity
A report published on 27 August 2026 described the cancellation of a Python Ireland technology meetup scheduled for July 2026 at MongoDB’s Dublin offices following threatened protests concerning allegations about the Israeli military backgrounds of individuals associated with the event. 25
The published report concerns an event cancellation and allegations about individuals; it does not identify a MongoDB contract with the Israeli military or a MongoDB product used in a weapons system. 25
No public evidence identified of a completed institutional divestment decision explicitly based on a documented MongoDB contract to supply the Israeli military in the reviewed materials. 22, 25
Corporate response
MongoDB’s public Israel-related announcements identify local market expansion, business relationships, and office operations. 1, 2, 8
No public evidence identified of a MongoDB announcement terminating an Israeli defence contract in response to civil-society pressure, or introducing an Israeli military-specific end-use restriction. 1, 8, 17
Corporate principals and military-channel activity
The 2026 proxy and publicly available board biographies identify the relevant directors and describe their disclosed professional affiliations. 22, 24
No public evidence identified in those sources of a specifically attributable defence-board appointment, Israeli military donation, Israeli settlement-organisation funding arrangement, or personally controlled Israeli weapons-supplier investment by a named MongoDB controlling principal. 22, 24
Research boundaries
MongoDB’s published documentation distinguishes its dedicated US-government database environment from the standard commercial offering, and its government compliance materials concern secure information processing rather than a named Israeli weapons programme. 12, 14, 18
No public evidence identified in the examined materials of a MongoDB product specifically designed to output Israeli military kinetic targeting decisions or weapons effects. 10, 20
Footnotes
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MongoDB, “MongoDB Appoints Matrix as Israeli Distributor,” 11 February 2014. https://www.mongodb.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/mongodb-appoints-matrix-israeli-distributor ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11
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MongoDB, “MongoDB Expands Presence in Israel with Local Office and Israeli Managers,” 3 February 2014. https://www.mongodb.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/mongodb-expands-presence-israel-local-office-and-israeli-managers ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
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MongoDB, “MongoDB Appoints Local Executives to Expand Presence in Israel,” 11 February 2014. https://www.mongodb.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/mongodb-appoints-local-executives-expand-presence-israel ↩
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Matrix IT Ltd., “Matrix products: 1-day Assessment,” Microsoft Marketplace, accessed 23 October 2026. https://marketplace.microsoft.com/en/marketplace/consulting-services/matrixitltd1670150211006.matrix_consulting_services_ps ↩ ↩2
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Brillix, “Partners,” MongoDB partnership entry, accessed 23 October 2026. https://www.brillix.com/partners ↩ ↩2
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MongoDB, “Office Locations,” accessed 23 October 2026. https://www.mongodb.com/company/office-locations ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7
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MongoDB, “MongoDB Subprocessors,” corporate affiliate inventory, accessed 23 October 2026. https://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/trust/subprocessors ↩ ↩2
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MongoDB, “Unleashing Innovation in the Start-Up Nation: Inside MongoDB Israel,” 14 June 2023, updated 18 March 2025. https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/culture/unleashing-innovation-start-up-nation-inside-mongodb-israel ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5
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MongoDB, Jackie Denner, “Meet Gabriella Cohen: Expanding MongoDB’s Presence in Israel as the Newest Regional Vice President,” 21 July 2022 (page indicates updated 20 July 2022). https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/culture/expanding-mongodb-presence-israel-as-newest-regional-vice-president ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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MongoDB, “MongoDB for Public Sector: Defense,” accessed 23 October 2026. https://www.mongodb.com/solutions/industries/public-sector/defense ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15
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MongoDB, “MongoDB in the Public Sector,” accessed 23 October 2026. https://www.mongodb.com/solutions/industries/public-sector ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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MongoDB, “MongoDB Atlas for Government (US),” accessed 23 October 2026. https://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/atlas-for-government ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10
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MongoDB Documentation, “MongoDB Atlas for Government,” accessed 23 October 2026. https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/government/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
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MongoDB, “FedRAMP - MongoDB Atlas for Government,” accessed 23 October 2026. https://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/trust/fedramp ↩ ↩2
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MongoDB, “MongoDB Commits to FedRAMP High and DoD Impact Level 5 Authorizations,” 30 June 2025. https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/news/mongodb-commits-fedramp-high-dod-impact-level-5-authorizations ↩ ↩2
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MongoDB, “MongoDB Announces Commitment to Achieve FedRAMP High and Impact Level 5 Authorizations,” 30 June 2025. https://www.mongodb.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/mongo-db-announces-commitment-to-achieve-fedramp-high-and-impact-level-5-authorizations ↩ ↩2
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MongoDB, “MongoDB Trust Center,” accessed 23 October 2026. https://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/trust ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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MongoDB Documentation, “SOC 2 Type II Compliance,” accessed 23 October 2026. https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/architecture/current/compliance/soc2/ ↩ ↩2
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MongoDB Documentation, “Features for Compliance with External Standards,” accessed 23 October 2026. https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/architecture/current/compliance/ ↩
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DevJobs, “DBA Specialist - IAI - Israel Aerospace Industries,” recruitment listing for ELTA Systems, updated 18 August 2026. https://devjobs.co.il/job-details/4452545525 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14
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DevJobs, “DBA Specialist - IAI - Israel Aerospace Industries,” updated 18 August 2026. https://devjobs.co.il/job-details/4452545525 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5
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MongoDB, Inc., 2026 proxy statement, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441816/000162828026032850/mdb-20260508.htm ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8
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MongoDB, Inc., “MongoDB Announces CEO Transition,” 28 September 2026. https://www.mongodb.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/mongodb-announces-ceo-transition ↩
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MongoDB Investor Relations, “Board of Directors,” accessed 23 October 2026. https://web.archive.org/web/20260926180021/https://investors.mongodb.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors (archived copy of investors.mongodb.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors, Wayback 2026-09-26; live page unreachable from the verifier) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5
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Don Roíste, “Ireland Protests Against Israeli Tech Workers: Security Risks And Damage to Irish Businesses,” Liberty Strikes, 27 August 2026. https://libertystrikes.ie/ireland-protests-against-israeli-tech-workers-security-risks-and-damage-to-irish-businesses/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3