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  • Elbit Systems Gets Follow-On NATO IR Countermeasures Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Gets Follow-On NATO IR Countermeasures Contract

    Elbit Systems has received a four-year, $46 million contract to supply additional aircraft self-protection systems for NATO’s Airbus-built aerial refueling tanker aircraft. The company said Tuesday it will provide J-Music Direct Infrared Countermeasures  and Passive Airborne Warning Systems for integration into the international alliance’s A330 Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport fleet. Elad Aharonson, general manager for the intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance division […] More

  • Elbit Systems to Produce Airborne Laser Designators for APAC Clients; Elad Aharonson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems to Produce Airborne Laser Designators for APAC Clients; Elad Aharonson Comments

    Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has awarded Elbit Systems two contracts worth nearly $35 million combined to produce airborne laser designators for two Asia-Pacific countries. Elbit said Tuesday it will perform contract work for three years and provide miniaturized laser systems that will work to provide aircrews a precise target designation and closure of the sensor to shooter cycle. Elad […] More

  • Elbit Systems Launches Mini Drone for Maritime ISR Applications; Elad Aharonson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Launches Mini Drone for Maritime ISR Applications; Elad Aharonson Comments

    Elbit Systems has introduced a mini unmanned aerial system designed to help small vessels perform maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition operations. The company’s Skylark C UAS has an electro-optical payload, thermal imager, inertial navigation system and a color daylight camera designed for use in daytime and night-time surveillance missions, Elbit Systems said Tuesday. […] More

  • Elbit Systems to Deliver Thermal-Imaging Observation Systems to European Country - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems to Deliver Thermal-Imaging Observation Systems to European Country

    Elbit Systems has received multiple contracts worth approximately $30 million combined from a European country to deliver thermal-imaging observation systems over a one-year period. The company said Wednesday it will provide Long View CR, LOROSS and XACT observation systems to support all of the customers’s army command levels. LVCR is a long-range observation system for dismounted soldiers with day and night target acquisition functions, […] More

  • Maritime Executive: Elbit Systems Conducts First Torpedo Launch System Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Maritime Executive: Elbit Systems Conducts First Torpedo Launch System Tests

    Elbit Systems has conducted initial tests of its torpedo launch system aboard the Seagull Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel platform, Maritime Executive reported Tuesday. Tests for the 40-foot self-navigating system were performed off Haifa to demonstrate the system’s capacity to launch a light torpedo munition without targeting. “The test highlighted Seagull’s unique capacity to detect and engage submarines,” said Ofer Ben-Dov, Elbit […] More

  • Elbit Systems to Build Infrared Countermeasures Systems for Asia Pacific Customer; Elad Aharonson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems to Build Infrared Countermeasures Systems for Asia Pacific Customer; Elad Aharonson Comments

    Elbit Systems Ltd. has received a two-year, $26.5 million contract to produce multi-spectral infrared countermeasures systems for installation in an Asia Pacific client’s aircraft. The infrared countermeasures system works to protect airliners from man portable air defense systems using a fiber laser-directed infrared countermeasure technology, Elbit said Wednesday. Elad Aharonson, general manager of Elbit Systems […] More

  • Elbit Systems Highlights 2013 UAS Orders; Elad Aharonson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Highlights 2013 UAS Orders; Elad Aharonson Comments

    Elbit Systems Ltd. is highlighting its sales within the unmanned aerial systems sector in 2013, UPI reported Thursday. The Israel-based defense company built one Hermes 900 system every week and completed deliveries to customers in Israel and worldwide last year, according to the report. Elad Aharonson, general manager of Elbit System’s UAS division, told the […] More