Rafael and Volkswagen Restart Talks on Iron Dome Equipment at Osnabrück
A proposed Rafael partnership to build Iron Dome air‑defense equipment at Volkswagen’s Osnabrück plant is being reconsidered after earlier plans were derailed by resistance linked to Volkswagen’s Qatari shareholder. Bloomberg reports talks with the German state of Lower Saxony focus on a structure that could avoid a direct industrial tie to the Israeli defense firm, but no deal is assured as costs and factory use are under pressure.