Elbit Systems Wins $70 Mln Contract For Airborne Electronic Warfare Systems

(RTTNews) - Israel-based high technology company Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) announced Monday that it was awarded approximately $70 million worth contract by the Directorate of Production and Procurement of the Israeli Ministry of Defense or IMOD for the supply of Airborne Electronic Warfare or EW systems.

The systems will be developed and manufactured by Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT - Elisra Ltd., and will be delivered over a 5-year period. The systems will be installed on board all types of Israeli Air Force fighter jets.

Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis, President and CEO of Elbit Systems, said, "The modern global air combat arena is extremely challenging, and pilots are facing many new threats. Our systems provide a solution to a wide variety of current and future threats, and we hope that other customers will follow the IMOD and the Israeli Air Force and select our EW systems."