Qualcomm MILITARY

Target: Qualcomm Audit phase: Military Evidence cut-off: 22 September 2026

Qualcomm publicly maintains Qualcomm Government Technologies (QGOV), which describes mission-focused wireless technology for U.S. government customers, and it also maintains Qualcomm Israel Ltd. as a current legal entity in Tirat Hacarmel/Haifa. These facts are treated separately: documented U.S.-government/military capability is not evidence of supply to an Israeli military or security end-user, and Israeli corporate presence is not evidence of defence contracting.^{1, 2}

Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

Ministry of Defence & IDF contracts

No public evidence identified of a verified contract, tender award, framework agreement or memorandum between Qualcomm and the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD), Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Israel Prison Service or Israel Border Police in the public material searched. Qualcomm’s current QGOV pages instead describe its mission in U.S.-government terms, including work supporting U.S. government and military users.^{1, 3}

Qualcomm does have documented military-specific work outside Israel. A current contract record for agreement W911NF2390001 identifies Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. as awardee for a U.S. Army DEVCOM/Army Research Laboratory programme implementing GPS M-Code and military communications on a system-on-chip; the record gives a December 2022 award, potential value of about $45.5 million and expected completion on 9 April 2027. This is current U.S.-military evidence and does not establish an Israeli end-user.⁴

Defence trade directory listings

No public evidence identified of Qualcomm being listed as an Israeli defence supplier in the SIBAT material located during this audit. SIBAT describes itself as the Israeli Ministry of Defense directorate that connects defence/HLS industries with operational needs, supports government-to-government arrangements and markets IDF/IMOD surplus; targeted Qualcomm/SIBAT searches did not surface a Qualcomm defence-company or contract entry.⁵

Press releases & official announcements

No public evidence identified of an official Qualcomm, IMOD or SIBAT announcement of direct Qualcomm defence cooperation with an Israeli state security body. Current QGOV material describes government communications in a U.S.-government context, while the Israeli Qualcomm announcements located concerned civilian telecom, networking, input and automotive technologies.^{1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}

Controlling principals

Qualcomm’s 13 May 2025 board announcement identifies Mark McLaughlin as Chair and Cristiano Amon in the company’s leadership context. Targeted searches combining current leadership names with Israeli military, defence-industry, FIDF, settlement and Gaza terms produced no public evidence identified of an Israel-specific defence-board role, Israeli defence-prime equity interest, FIDF/reservist-fund donation or other military-channel act by the current Qualcomm Chair or CEO.¹²

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

Militarised product lines

Qualcomm markets government-specific capabilities through QGOV. Its current material states that QGOV has worked for more than three decades on U.S. government and military projects and gives examples including force and vehicle tracking and access to Qualcomm mobile platforms, processors and modems; its connectivity page discusses mission communications using LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GNSS. No public evidence identified in the searched material that such variants are marketed to or confirmed as sold to Israeli security forces.^{3, 6}

The U.S. Army M-Code programme is the clearest current purpose-built military example found: the contract record describes GPS M-Code and military-communications implementation on a Qualcomm system-on-chip and remains active into 2027. It is not evidence of supply to Israel.⁴

[pre-2020] In August 2002 Qualcomm stated that U.S. trucking carriers authorised to transport Department of Defense ammunition used its OmniTRACS messaging/tracking system in the Defense Transportation Tracking System. The source establishes historical U.S. military-logistics use; whether that exact relationship remains ongoing is unknown, and the source contains no Israeli end-user evidence.¹³

Civilian-to-military distinction

[pre-2020] Qualcomm acquired DesignArt Networks in 2012 for small-cell modem/system-on-chip technology, EPOS assets in 2012 for digital-positioning/ultrasound input technology, and Wilocity in 2014 for 60-GHz WiGig networking. The reviewed announcements do not identify an Israeli military customer for those technologies; continuation of the specific 2012/2014 product relationships is unknown.^{7, 8, 9}

In 2022 Qualcomm acquired Cellwize for 5G RAN automation/management, and later that year Qualcomm Israel product leadership described the resulting Edgewise suite for public and private 5G network deployment. In 2025 Qualcomm completed its acquisition of Israeli V2X company Autotalks for automotive road-safety/connectivity technology. No public evidence identified in these cited materials of military-specified supply to an Israeli state body.^{10, 14, 11}

[pre-2020] A 2017 Qualcomm/Everysight release states that Everysight selected Snapdragon 410E for Raptor augmented-reality smartglasses aimed at cyclists and notes Everysight’s origin as an Elbit Systems spin-out. Elbit’s contemporaneous release likewise describes Everysight as a consumer augmented-reality company drawing on helmet-display expertise. The verified Qualcomm relationship is to the identified consumer cycling device; these sources do not establish Qualcomm supply into Elbit’s military helmet-mounted systems. Continuation of the 2017 Raptor relationship is unknown.^{15, 16}

End-user certification & export licensing

No public evidence identified of a Qualcomm export-licence application, end-user certificate or government export-control review specifically for an Israeli military or security end-user. The current Qualcomm government pages document U.S.-government work but do not provide an Israeli military end-user record.^{1, 3, 17}

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

Equipment in occupied territories

No public evidence identified that Qualcomm equipment, vehicles or machinery has been documented as being used for settlement construction, demolition, the separation barrier or military construction in occupied territory. The September 2025 OHCHR update reports 158 enterprises in its settlement-activity database; Qualcomm was not present in the locally searched annex text used for this audit. This is a bounded non-inclusion finding, not proof against every possible downstream use.¹⁸

Qualcomm’s current legal-entity list identifies Qualcomm Israel Ltd. at an address in Tirat Hacarmel/Haifa. That establishes an Israeli operating presence; it does not establish an operation in an occupied-territory settlement.²

Direct vs. indirect supply

No public evidence identified of Qualcomm directly supplying heavy machinery or construction equipment to an Israeli military/security end-user, through an authorised dealer or otherwise. The reviewed Qualcomm sources concern semiconductors, communications, networking, software and automotive connectivity rather than heavy construction equipment.^{1, 7, 10, 11}

Construction & engineering contracts

No public evidence identified of Qualcomm holding a construction, servicing or engineering contract for checkpoints, detention facilities, military bases, the separation barrier or settlement infrastructure. The current OHCHR settlement-business update was checked as a high-value cross-reference and did not yield a Qualcomm listing in the locally searched annex.¹⁸

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

Component supply to Israeli defence manufacturers

No public evidence identified of a verified Qualcomm component-supply relationship to Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems or IMI/Elbit Land for an Israeli defence programme. The only named Elbit-linked Qualcomm lead found was Everysight’s consumer Raptor cycling product; neither the Qualcomm nor Elbit release establishes Qualcomm supply to an Elbit military product.^{15, 16}

Specific component categories

No public evidence identified of a Qualcomm optical system, military electronic sub-assembly, guidance component, fire-control component, radar component, propulsion component, armour material or purpose-built communications module being supplied to a named Israeli defence prime. The current U.S. Army M-Code SoC work demonstrates purpose-built military component work, but the verified customer/programme is U.S. Army DEVCOM/Army Research Laboratory, not an Israeli prime.⁴

Joint development & co-production

No public evidence identified of a Qualcomm joint-development, co-production, technology-transfer or licensed-manufacturing agreement with Elbit, IAI, Rafael or IMI/Elbit Land for a military programme. SIBAT’s public description confirms that it facilitates Israeli defence partnerships and government-to-government arrangements, but the targeted Qualcomm searches did not identify Qualcomm as a participant.⁵

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

Service contracts to military installations

No public evidence identified of Qualcomm providing catering, transport, fuel, waste, facilities maintenance, telecommunications or other sustainment services to an IDF base, Israeli detention centre or Israeli security installation. QGOV’s public material describes communications and technology support for U.S. government missions rather than Israeli base-service contracts.^{1, 6}

Geographic specificity

No public evidence identified of Qualcomm providing military-installation services in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights or Negev. Qualcomm’s disclosed Israeli legal-entity address is in Tirat Hacarmel/Haifa, while the 2025 OHCHR settlement-business cross-check did not yield a Qualcomm listing in the locally searched annex.^{2, 18}

Shipping, freight & port services

[pre-2020] Qualcomm’s 2002 OmniTRACS release reports a historical U.S. role in tracking Department of Defense ammunition shipments. It does not identify Israel, Israeli ports or Israeli military cargo, and continuation of that exact programme is unknown. No public evidence identified of a Qualcomm shipping, freight-forwarding or port-handling contract specifically servicing Israeli defence logistics or arms shipments.¹³

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

Lethal systems manufacturing

No public evidence identified that Qualcomm is a prime contractor or licensed manufacturer of small arms, artillery systems, armoured vehicles, tactical drones, naval vessels or another lethal platform supplied to Israeli forces. The current military-specific contract found is a U.S. Army M-Code/communications system-on-chip programme rather than an Israeli lethal-platform contract.^{1, 4}

Munitions & precursor materials

No public evidence identified of Qualcomm supplying ammunition, explosive ordnance, chemical propellants, warhead components or munitions precursor materials to an Israeli defence end-user. The historical OmniTRACS evidence concerns tracking U.S. ammunition transport, not manufacturing or supplying ammunition and not Israeli supply.¹³

Strategic & existential defence systems

No public evidence identified of a verified Qualcomm role in manufacture, integration, maintenance or component supply for Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow, Israeli fighter aircraft, Merkava tanks, Israeli warships or ballistic-missile systems. Focused searches against the named Israeli primes did not yield a Qualcomm programme relationship; the Everysight/Elbit lead was a consumer cycling product and is not treated as military-platform evidence.^{15, 16, 5}

Sub-system & critical component supply

The 2022–2027 U.S. Army agreement for GPS M-Code and military communications on a Qualcomm system-on-chip is verified purpose-built military component evidence for a U.S. programme. No public evidence identified tying that programme, or another verified Qualcomm guidance, fire-control, radar, propulsion or weapons-integration subsystem, to an Israeli lethal or strategic system.⁴

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

Export licence decisions

No public evidence identified of a government decision to grant, deny, suspend or revoke an export licence specifically for Qualcomm products to an Israeli military/security end-user. The QGOV sources reviewed describe U.S.-government missions and do not identify an Israeli defence export licence or end-user certificate.^{1, 17}

Arms embargo & sanctions compliance

No public evidence identified of an investigation, citation or enforcement action against Qualcomm for breaching an arms embargo, defence-export restriction or sanctions regime in connection with Israeli defence trade. PAX’s June 2024 report on companies arming Israel and their financiers was checked as a specialist cross-reference; Qualcomm was not found in the locally searched report text.¹⁹

Legal challenges & judicial review

No public evidence identified of a court proceeding or judicial-review challenge against Qualcomm, or against a government licensing decision, based on a Qualcomm defence-supply relationship with Israel. The UN/OHCHR and PAX materials checked for named-company evidence did not produce a Qualcomm-specific military-supply case.^{18, 19}

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

NGO & academic reports

The 26 September 2025 OHCHR update states that its current settlement-business database lists 158 enterprises from 11 countries after reviewing 215 enterprises for that update. Qualcomm was not found in the locally searched A/HRC/60/19 annex text. Non-inclusion means only that Qualcomm is not on the searched published list; it is not a universal finding about all downstream component use.¹⁸

The 2 July 2025 Special Rapporteur report A/HRC/59/23, From economy of occupation to economy of genocide, was checked for Qualcomm and named current principals; no Qualcomm match was found in the locally searched report text. The report is used here only as an authoritative cross-check for whether the target is named, not as a substitute for target-specific primary evidence.²⁰

PAX’s 20 June 2024 The Companies Arming Israel and Their Financiers was checked for Qualcomm and did not yield a target match in the locally searched report text. No public evidence identified in the reviewed specialist material of a report establishing a Qualcomm-to-Israeli-military arms/component supply relationship.¹⁹

Boycott & divestment campaigns

The BDS Movement’s corporate-targeting guide published in December 2024 was checked for Qualcomm and did not yield a target match in the locally searched guide text. No public evidence identified of Qualcomm being a named BDS corporate-priority target or of an institutional divestment decision specifically grounded in Qualcomm defence-sector activity with Israel in the reviewed material.²¹

Corporate response & policy statements

No public evidence identified of a Qualcomm policy change, contract termination, end-use monitoring commitment or public response to a civil-society campaign specifically concerning Qualcomm defence supply to Israel, because no such verified Qualcomm defence-supply campaign was identified in the reviewed sources. Qualcomm’s current Israeli footprint instead appears in its legal-entity disclosure and civilian acquisition announcements.^{2, 10, 11, 21}

Constructive notice

No verified Qualcomm-specific Israeli military activity was identified that could be shown to have continued after 19 July 2024 or after the November 2024 ICC warrants. The post-2024 evidence located instead shows continuing civilian corporate activity in Israel, including Qualcomm Israel Ltd. on the current legal-entity list and completion of the Autotalks automotive/V2X acquisition in June 2025; those facts are not treated as military conduct.^{2, 11}

Settlement nexus

No public evidence identified of Qualcomm military-adjacent supply, construction, demolition or logistics activity in or to West Bank/East Jerusalem/Golan settlements. Qualcomm was not found in the locally searched 2025 OHCHR settlement-database annex, and the disclosed Qualcomm Israel Ltd. address cited above is Tirat Hacarmel/Haifa.^{2, 18}