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“Israel is at the Paris Air Show as a Power”.

Amir Rapaport, Paris

17/6/2013

“The tiny Israel is at the Paris Air show as a power,” said Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Ya’alon at the opening event of the Paris Air Show. Ya’alon noted that that it is the motivation of threat, innovation and excelling personnel that brings Israel to achievements in the development of new technologies.

14 Israeli companies are participating at the 2013 Paris Air Show, in an impressive display jointly organized by the Ministry of Defense’s SIBAT division and the Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute (IEICI). Beyond the large booths, the major Israeli companies Rafael, Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries are also presenting a gigantic external display of advanced systems. The Israeli booths have already attracted thousands of visitors in the first day of the expo. All of the heads of the Israeli defense establishment and senior officials from the Israeli industries participated in the inauguration of the Israeli pavilion Monday afternoon.

IEICI CEO Ofer Zachs said at the ceremony that 8% of Israel’s export of commodities is defensive, and represents a growing field. Elbit Systems CEO Bezhalel Machlis said on behalf of the presenting industries that “there is a broad variety of innovation, the fruit of understanding needs and development and production capabilities. Today there is greater competition due to global budgetary cuts and there is a need for competitiveness, now more than ever, to support the client, shorten development and production times. Cooperation with global companies that compete with us, and of course between Israeli companies, should also be expanded for the sake of the Israeli industries and economy.”

Ya’akov Peri, Israeli Minister of Science and former Head of the Shabak, said that there is a long tradition of Israeli pride at the Paris Air Show, and the Israel is presently at the front of the cyber and space fields.

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