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Exits, takeovers, and mergers to 24th Aug 25

Trivago acquired Israel’s Holisto for $40 million.

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Better than China and Turkey

Israel’s Elbit beat Turkey’s Roketsan and China’s Norinco in a tender from Peru’s military for Elbit’s PULS artillery system, in an initial contract worth about $60 million. Elbit is working with Peruvian company FA ME in final negotiations with Peru’s … Continue reading

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Airlines return to Israel

Scandinavian airline SAS has announced that it will resume flights to Israel, nearly a decade after suspending operations in the country. Beginning in late October, the airline will operate three weekly flights between Copenhagen and Tel Aviv. Air Europa has … Continue reading

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Fly direct to Vietnam

Israeli airline Arkia plans to launch direct flights from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport to Vietnam’s capital Hanoi early next year. It marks the first direct flight service between Tel Aviv and Hanoi. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/arkia-to-launch-first-ever-direct-israel-vietnam-flights-compete-with-el-al-on-route-to-bangkok/

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A better way to produce fuel

Israel’s NGV (see here previously) has developed an efficient method for producing Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) without vast quantities of hydrogen gas. NAV uses a novel iron catalyst system (Fe-spinel) to produce higher volumes of suitable liquid hydrocarbons at a … Continue reading

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Open-access AI supercomputer

Israel’s largest server farm operator, SDS (Schonfeld Data Services) has completed the construction of a new NIS 1 billion supercomputer. SDS-AI will be the first supercomputer to be available to local AI startups and Israeli academic researchers. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hk3ibhgylx

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Combining security and aesthetics

Israel’s Zarta Studio is fielding requests from prospective clients across the country – that demand the firm’s specialty: building fortresses that look anything but. Its projects include designs in places hit hard by Oct 7 2023, including Sderot, Nahal Oz, … Continue reading

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The star that came back for more

Tel Aviv University researchers and an international team of scientists have documented the first known instance of a star surviving a destructive encounter with a supermassive black hole – not once but twice. https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-world-breakthrough-scientists-see-star-survive-encounter-with-a-black-hole/ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ade155 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5-mqY0Y4oo

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Israel in space

Excellent history of Israeli achievements in the field of space and satellite technology. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israeli-space-research-and-development

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Partnering for natural preservatives

Israel’s Novella Innovative Technology (see here previously) has partnered with Australia’s Metaphor Foods, to use Novella’s botanic AuraCell™ plant cell natural antioxidant and anti-microbial compounds for natural preservation in food applications. https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/novella-and-metaphor-foods-unite-to-commercialize-cellbased-natural-preservatives-302510597.html

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