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

Pat Host

Tuesday, October 20th, 2015

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

Elbit Systems of America President and CEO Raanan Horowitz. Photo: Elbit Systems of America.

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 Tuesday at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington. Elbit Systems of America is the U.S. unit of…

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