EL-OP’S LONG-RANGE ELECTOR-OPTICS CONTRACT

The Israeli defense forces (IDF) will bolster the capabilities to detect any threat from the Israeli borders by using the Elbit Systems Electro-Optics (Elop) long-range observation and target acquisition systems. The Israeli ministry of defense recently awarded the company a follow on contract for additional systems.

Adi Dar, General Manager of Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop, said that “the systems that are included in the contract are unique and considered as world leaders – light-weight and capable of performing high-quality observation in day, night and low visibility conditions, they have generated significant interest among international customers”.

Elbit Systems is an international defense Electronics Company engaged in a wide range of programs throughout the world. The Company, which includes Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries, operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (“C4ISR”), unmanned air systems (“UAS”), advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, EW suites, airborne warning systems, ELINT systems, data links and military communications systems and radios.

The Company also focuses on the upgrading of existing military platforms, developing new technologies for defense, homeland security and commercial aviation applications and providing a range of support services.

In recent years many systems developed by Elbit have been adapted for use in Homeland security applications.