---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-100765"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUKR"
cik: "0001638911"
company_name: "DUKE Robotics Corp."
filed_at: "2026-09-17T12:35:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-17T12:40:47.697152+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duke Robotics appoints Avi Levin as CFO, effective Oct 1, 2026

## Summary
- Avi Levin appointed CFO effective Oct 1, 2026; current CFO Shlomo Zakai steps down but remains as consultant.
- Compensation: monthly base salary NIS 52,250 (~$17,227), plus NIS 2,500 expense allowance, and up to 8 months' salary annual bonus.
- Stock options: 35,000 shares under 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, 6-year term, 3-year vesting (33.33% after 1 year, quarterly thereafter).
- Levin raised $100M via Nasdaq offerings as Ability Inc CFO; previously CFO at RAD Data Communications ($150M revenue).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-100765
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUKR
- cik: 0001638911
- company_name: DUKE Robotics Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-09-17T12:35:22+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638911/000121390026100765/0001213900-26-100765-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638911/000121390026100765/ea0305701-8k_duke.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-100765
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-100765.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Avi Levin was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at DUKE Robotics Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 15, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Duke Robotics Corp. (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Mr. Avi Levin as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective as of October 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638911/000121390026100765/0001213900-26-100765-index.htm
- Executive change
  Shlomo Zakai departed as Chief Financial Officer at DUKE Robotics Corp..
  - Action: cease serving
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective upon Mr. Levin’s appointment as Chief Financial Officer on October 1, 2026, Mr. Shlomo Zakai will cease serving as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638911/000121390026100765/0001213900-26-100765-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.