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A plant of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) is pictured in Osnabrück, Germany, on November 6, 2024. (FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP)
March 28, 2026, 7:35 pm
German city wary as Volkswagen weighs shifting car plant to Iron Dome production
Report says car giant looking to save 2,300 jobs at embattled Osnabrück factory; some locals worry it could make city a target, while others doubt Dome’s value to Europe
By Ethan Rubinson
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at an Israeli Air Force pilots' graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim Airbase, December 24, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 25, 2025, 1:33 am
Israel investing over $100 billion in homegrown arms production, Netanyahu reveals
Premier says country will build an independent munitions industry over the next decade, ‘reduce dependence on all players’ after threat of arms embargoes, boycotts during Gaza war
By Lazar Berman
Riot police officers patrol by the Israeli pavilions at the Paris Air Show, June 16, 2025 in Le Bourget, north of Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
November 12, 2025, 4:21 am
France to allow Israeli firms to take part in defense expo after reports ban was weighed
French official tells ToI that the decision to let companies from Israel participate in Milipol Paris was a French call ‘and not the result of Israeli pressure’
By Nava Freiberg
An Elbit Systems' staff member looks at his phone at the Eurosatory international land and airland defence and security trade fair, in Villepinte, a northern suburb of Paris, June 13, 2022. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
October 5, 2025, 8:02 am
Spain keeps scrapping arms deals, but Israel’s defense trade with Europe may be salvageable
Madrid’s position is an outlier, likely a product of internal politics, experts say; rest of NATO unlikely to cut off a top weapons supplier just as it looks to rearm against Russia
By Stav Levaton
Police stand on duty as demonstrators protest outside the entrance to the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) fair at the ExCeL center, in east London, on September 9, 2025. (Toby Shepheard/AFP)
September 9, 2025, 4:35 pm
Hundreds of anti-Israel demonstrators rally outside London arms show
Israel officials barred from participating in four-day event, but 51 Israeli defense companies will attend, including government-owned Rafael and Israel Aerospace Industries
By AFP and ToI Staff
An Arrow anti-missile system fires an interceptor missile during Israel's 12-day conflict with Iran, in am image cleared for publication on July 1, 2025. (Defense Ministry)
July 8, 2025, 11:17 am
Wartime innovation boosts Israeli defense tech growth, drawing global interest
Reservists use their combat experience to create new technologies that meet soldiers’ needs, while Trump administration shift on NATO financing creates growing market
By Reuters and ToI Staff
An attendee walks past the closed Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Israeli Pavillon during the 55th edition of the International Paris Air Show at the Paris Le Bourget Airport, on June 16, 2025. France on June 16, 2025, blocked access to the stands of five Israeli arms manufacturers at the Paris Air show for displaying "offensive weapons", according to a French government source. (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)
June 16, 2025, 4:31 pm
Paris Air Show closes off pavilions of Israeli companies displaying ‘offensive weapons’
Defense Ministry slams ‘ugly and improper’ move, which comes after France tried to ban Israeli firms from an arms fair last year
By Stav Levaton, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A undated handout image showing a PULS artillery rocket-launcher system. (Elbit Systems)
December 14, 2024, 12:21 am
Greece to buy artillery systems from Israel worth over $600 million
Most of the systems will protect northeastern borders with Turkey, Aegean Sea islands; deal comes as Athens negotiates with Jerusalem for $2B. Iron Dome-like missile defense system
By Lefteris Papadimas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron (L), as they hold a joint press conference in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. (Christophe Ena/Pool/AFP)
October 21, 2024, 5:23 pm
Macron’s office denies ban on Israeli firms at defense show amounts to boycott
French official says Paris supports Israel, but can’t allow weapons used in Gaza or Lebanon to be promoted while president pushes for ceasefire; Israel blasts move as ‘a disgrace’
By Lazar Berman
Visitors walk past a Type-X robotic combat vehicle on display at the Eurosatory international land, air defense and security trade fair, in Villepinte, a northern suburb of Paris, June 17, 2024. (JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
June 18, 2024, 3:21 pm
Too late? French court strikes down ban on Israeli companies at defense trade show
Other rulings in favor of Israeli firms likely after Paris Commercial Court decision, but leading companies aren’t rushing to attend Eurosatory 2024, which began on Monday
By Lazar Berman
Visitors stand at the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) booth at the Eurosatory international land and air defense and security trade fair, in Villepinte, a northern suburb of Paris, on June 13, 2022. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
June 15, 2024, 9:45 pm
French court bans reps of Israeli defense firms from attending Paris arms show
Eurosatory organizer says ruling goes beyond ban imposed by French government in protest of IDF op in Rafah, adds that it will appeal decision
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) on French TV network TF1 on May 30, 2024. (Screenshot/YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 6, 2024, 6:10 am
How Netanyahu’s interview with France’s TF1 widened the Jerusalem-Paris divide
PM’s use of hard-right rhetoric on the eve of EU Parliament elections made some French viewers wince, adding to ire that saw Israeli companies banned from Eurosatory arms fair
By Tal Schneider
File - Defense robots from US Darley Defense (L) and Israel's General Robotics face off at the Eurosatory international land and air defense and security trade fair, in Villepinte, a northern suburb of Paris, on June 13, 2022. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
May 31, 2024, 6:01 pm
France bans Israeli defense firms from prestigious arms show amid Gaza ceasefire call
74 firms booted from Eurosatory 2024; Gantz asks French PM to reconsider after country’s defense ministry says ‘conditions no longer right’ to host Israeli companies
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Demonstrators burn representations of the Israeli flag during pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2021. (Vahid Salemi/AP/File)
December 19, 2022, 9:39 pm
Iran claims to thwart Mossad ring seeking to disrupt its defense industry
Iranian media says agents for Israeli spy agency developed contacts with Islamic Republic’s arms firms; unclear how many have been arrested
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, December 25, 2018. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)
June 21, 2022, 10:56 pm
US-based Leonardo DRS acquires Israel’s RADA in major defense deal
Israeli radar-maker to become a subsidiary of Virginia-based defense contractor; cost of the deal estimated at $670 million
By Luke Tress
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