MSPO 2017: Israeli companies seek Polish growth
Poland’s ambitious plans to spend billions of dollars modernising its armed forces has unsurprisingly garnered attention from some of the industry’s leading defence contractors, not least those in Israel.
Several Israeli companies have descended on the small city of Kielce this year to show their wares and potentially garner interest in a wide range of technologies including C4I systems, air defence, unmanned vehicles, weapons and sensors.
Elbit Systems is one of those companies hoping to expand its existing presence in the country, with one official telling Shephard that the Polish market ‘was very important for us’.
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