An Elbit Systems subsidiary has secured a $49.9 million contract to supply helmet display tracker systems and related line items for the U.S. Navy’s MH-60 helicopters. Elbit Systems of America will deliver 126 HDTS units that will work to help the Navy’s MH-60 aircrews gain situational awareness and recognize targets through pilot/copilot line-of-sight function, the Defense Department said Wednesday. HDTS is also […] More

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

An Elbit Systems subsidiary has introduced a new anti-drone, protection and neutralization system in response to what the business views as growing global demand for airspace protection platforms against hostile unmanned technologies. The company said Tuesday that its Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT Elisra business will display the ReDrone system at the Israel HLS & Cyber […] More

Lockheed Martin has chosen Elbit Systems to provide support for the F-35 training center of Israel’s air force following a competitive selection process, Israel Defense reported Friday. The two companies aim to establish a contract in the coming months for the sustainment of the F-35 training facility at Nevatim Air Base, according to the report. Israel expects to receive the first […] More

Cyberbit, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, has secured a contract to deliver a training and simulation platform to a Baltimore, Maryland-based cybersecurity training center for information technology and supervisory control and data acquisition security professionals. Elbit Systems said Sunday the Cyber Security Training Range of Maryland will use Cyberbit’s Range technology to train cybersecurity professionals on how to protect […] More

The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded an Elbit Systems subsidiary a two-year, $7.3 million contract to provide the U.S. Army gunner hand stations for the BAE Systems-built Bradley Fighting Vehicles. Elbit Systems of America will deliver Gunner’s Hand Stations that will operate alongside Commander’s Hand Stations to relay control signals to the Bradley M2A3/M3A3 turret fire control systems to support turret movement […] More

Tiffany Nesbit, formerly director of engineering at Honeywell’s aerospace business, has joined Elbit Systems’ U.S. subsidiary as vice president of engineering. Elbit Systems of America also named Douglas Sandklev, formerly technical director of training and simulation solutions at Lockheed Martin, as VP of technology and innovation, the company said Sunday. Raanan Horowitz, president and CEO […] More

Elbit Systems of America has secured a $7.3 million firm-fixed price contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply grip assembly controllers to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Friday DLA’s land and maritime unit will obligate fiscal 2016 Army working capital funds for work to be performed in Texas through Sept. 30, 2018. DoD noted the […] More

An Elbit Systems subsidiary and its partners held an unmanned aircraft systems field day at the Hillsboro Regional Airport in North Dakota in efforts to demonstrate the precision agriculture and utility infrastructure damage assessment functions of the Hermes 450 UAS. Elbit Systems of America worked with local farmers to collect and analyze data to support crop management and […] More

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

Lockheed Martin and Elbit Systems have partnered to compete for a contract to update the U.K. army’s fleet of Challenger 2 tanks. The U.K. subsidiaries of Lockheed and Elbit Systems will submit a bid to the U.K. defense ministry to extend the British army’s main battle tanks through 2035 under the Life Extension Project, Lockheed […] More

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