US Company Sues Israeli Army for ‘Stealing’ Military Technology Secrets
A US company that produces military technology filed a
lawsuit at the Tel Aviv District Court against the Israeli Ministry of Defense
and a brigadier general, claiming they stole technology secrets and used them
in military training of combat units without permission.
Conflict Kinetics (CK) filed a suit claiming the Chief of
Paratroopers and Infantry Corps for Israeli Defense Forces, Brigadier General
Dan Goldfus, and under his responsibility as an envoy of his military
establishment, obtained classified information about a combat training program.
CK claimed that Goldfus retrieved the information with
malicious intent and used them in Israeli training programs, without permission
and through a flagrant violation of rights.
The company said the information was provided to an Israeli
company that manages war scenarios for the Israeli army, making these
violations the responsibility of Goldfus, the military, and the Ministry of
Defense.
Conflict Kinetics is one of the major companies that provide
services to the US Army and Central Intelligence (CIA) and many of the armies
and police in the world.
The Israeli military, the General Intelligence, and the
Foreign Intelligence explored the possibility of cooperation with the company
in 2015. Three years later, the Israeli naval commandos decided to test its
system in military exercises, and negotiations began for this purpose.
According to the lawsuit, several delegations traveled to
the US company, including senior officers and major generals.
The company explained its operations and technology but
found later that the Ministry of Defense had chosen an Israeli company to run
these exercises and that this company had started working while negotiations
were in process.
The ministry had deceived and misled Conflict Kinetics,
which later discovered that the Israeli company was operating according to the
US company’s systems without its permission.
The Israeli court initially rejected this lawsuit for
technical reasons but accepted it on Wednesday.
Conflict Kinetics announced that it would file a similar
lawsuit against the Ministry of Defense, the Israeli army, and its generals at
a US court. It demands that Israel stops using its technology and also seeks
financial compensation for its losses.
The Ministry of Defense and the Israeli army denied the
accusations, saying the Israeli company was chosen after winning a tender.
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