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      <title>Senior Japanese defense procurement figures visit Israel</title>
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      <description>The Ministry of Defense held a seminar this week for the opportunities in the Japanese defense market as the East Asian country seeks innovative Israeli defense technologies.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:24:30</pubDate>
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      <title>Covenant unveils long-range, heavy-payload missiles</title>
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      <description>The defense-tech company, with activities in the US, Germany and Israel, has raised $250 million to develop and produce the missiles, to boost depleted stocks.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:07:37</pubDate>
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      <title>"We aim to be the global standard"</title>
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      <description>After its share price shot up 25% on its first day on the NYSE, Xtend AI Robotics CEO Aviv Shapira talks to "Globes" about his ambitions for the company.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:51:34</pubDate>
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      <title>Rafael signs agreement to buy VW plant</title>
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      <description>Rafael, the Lower Saxony government and Aurelius Capital have signed a letter of intent to acquire Volkswagen&amp;rsquo;s Osnabr&amp;uuml;ck plant and will produce Iron Dome components there.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:14:58</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel in talks to sell air defense system to UAE - report</title>
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      <description>Talks between Israel and the UAE, taking place alongside the US, are focused on how Israel can address a gap in the UAE&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;layered defence&amp;rdquo; capabilities, &amp;ldquo;Middle East Eye&amp;rdquo; reports.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:24:53</pubDate>
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      <title>German Iron Dome parts production to begin in 2027 - report</title>
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      <description>Rafael, Aurelius Capital and the Lower Saxony government will buy the Osnabruck plant from Volkswagen, German magazine &amp;ldquo;WirtschafWoche&amp;rdquo; reports.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:42:00</pubDate>
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      <title>German defense exports to Israel soar</title>
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      <description>Germany approved defense exports to Israel worth nearly &amp;euro;800 million in the first half of 2026, &amp;ldquo;Der Spiegel&amp;rdquo; reports, up from &amp;euro;260 million in all of 2025.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:29:16</pubDate>
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      <title>Robotic sovereignty-as-a-service co AITAN raises $41m</title>
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      <description>The Israeli defense-tech company provides countries with the ability to operate, maintain and update its robotic combat systems itself.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:12:50</pubDate>
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      <title>XTEND starts trading on NYSE this week at $1.5b valuation</title>
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      <description>The Israeli drone robotics technology company has completed its merger with US company JFB, formerly engaged in the construction industry.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:10:17</pubDate>
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      <title>Defense News ranks 3 Israeli cos in world’s top 30</title>
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      <description>Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Systems and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have been ranked among the world&amp;rsquo;s 30 biggest defense companies, in terms of revenue from defense products.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:50:51</pubDate>
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      <title>Anduril to appoint Amiram Norkin to head Israel activity</title>
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      <description>The former Israel Air Force Commander has been chosen to lead the entry of one of the world's fastest-growing defense technology companies into the Israeli market.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:14:18</pubDate>
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      <title>Exchange rate erodes Rafael profit</title>
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      <description>Rafael Advanced Defense Systems CEO Yoav Tourgeman says the minister of finance and the governor of the Bank of Israel need to intervene in the foreign exchange market</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:28:09</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel signs biggest-ever defense deal with Greece</title>
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      <description>The $3.6 billion deal for air defense systems, signed in Tel Aviv, comes as Turkey is acting more aggressively towards both Greece and Israel.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:49:34</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel and Finland extend defense cooperation pact</title>
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      <description>The agreement on R&amp;amp;D and procurement of defense equipment was signed despite criticism from Finnish opposition parties.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:45:37</pubDate>
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      <title>VW CEO confirms Iron Dome production talks</title>
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      <description>Involvement of the state and federal governments in the partnership with Rafael is supposed to solve problems for Volkswagen and overcome opposition from Qatar.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:18:18</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel seeks leading position in space defense</title>
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      <description>Space warfare weapons are expected to threaten satellites, and thus could also damage photography, communication or any technology that is fundamentally dependent on space.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:52:19</pubDate>
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      <title>UVision wins US Army follow-on suicide drone order</title>
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      <description>The order in collaboration with US defense technology company Mistral is worth $50 million.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:54:12</pubDate>
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      <title>Ondas buys Aran’s defense activities for NIS 100m</title>
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      <description>Two weeks after appointing former Mossad boss David Barnea as chairman, Ondas is continuing its spending spree in Israel.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:59:07</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel's Aero Sentinel challenges China's drone dominance</title>
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      <description>The company, whose plant was destroyed by an Iranian missile, seeks to replace Chinese drones in the IDF and elsewhere. Aero Sentinel CMO: This is a strategic necessity.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:06:19</pubDate>
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      <title>Elbit Systems beats analysts, backlog reaches new peak</title>
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      <description>At the end of the second quarter, the defense company's orders backlog totaled $32 billion, 73% of it from outside Israel.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:31:35</pubDate>
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