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Elbit Systems USA President Encourages Proactive U.S. Industrial Policy To Spur Innovation

Friday, October 23rd, 2015

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The head of Elbit Systems of America called on the United States to have more proactive industrial policy, like Israel, if it wants to spur innovation in defense technologies.“I think that definitely helps in Israel when the government and Ministry of Defense are playing a more active role in basically seeding investments in interesting areas,” company President and CEO Raanan Horowitz said Oct. 20 at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington. Elbit Systems of America is the U.S. unit…

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