Hey everyone! Long time lurker, first time poster.
My name is Yovel Rom. I'm an Israeli data scientist. I served in the IDF in an elite program called Talpiot, which consists of a physics udergrad and broad military education (basically West Point for technology people, but more elitist), then as a data scientist, and finished my service as a captain. I'm currently at home, since I finished my service two years ago and they don't need many data scientists right now.
Ask me anything. I'm as updated on the situation as a person with no formal position can be (which might be less than you expect).
EDIT: I will try to cite sources as much as possible, but I might do that in Hebrew since there's so much more of it. I will only cite Wikipedia, major newspapers and state- funded think tanks, which are reliable.
I was a software developer in the Israeli military (not a data scientist), and I was part of a course constantly trains software developers for various units to use.
The big picture is that the military is a huge organization, and there is a ton of room for software to improve everything. I can't talk about specific uses (just like I can't describe our tanks or whatever, sorry if that's what you're asking, and sorry I'm not giving the full picture), but even things like logistics or servers or healthcare have big teams working on them.
Also remember the military started a long time ago, when there weren't good off-the-shelf solutions for everything, and imagine how big are the companies that make many of the products that you (or orgs) use.