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

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

 A European country has awarded Elbit Systems with multiple contracts with a collective amount of $40 million to supply advanced tactical communication systems over a one-year period. The company will provide the country with a variety of communication systems, including the long-range/medium-range CNR9000HDR tactical IP radio, THF 8000 in vehicular and man pack configurations for over- the-horizon long-range communication and the […] More

Elbit Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has selected Leonardo-Finmeccanica to provide a radar system to support training at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland. The school will use the Vixen 500E active electronically scanned array radar for student training operations aboard a C-26 aircraft, Leonardo-Finmeccanica said Friday. The radar is set for delivery in mid-2016 and will […] More

An Elbit Systems of America subsidiary has been awarded a $7.5 million contract to update C-26 aircraft used by the United States Naval Test Pilot School. M7 Aerospace LLC will install an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tool and a Finmeccanica-developed Vixen 500E AESA radar on the U.S. Navy aircraft, Elbit Systems of America said Monday. M7 aims to […] More

Elbit Systems has secured a three-year, $20 million contract to supply an undisclosed number of mobile radio systems for a Western European client’s tactical communications. The company said Tuesday its software-based E-LynX radio system works to help military users transmit  voice, data and video. “The modern battlefield requires sophisticated networking capabilities for the maneuvering forces as an infrastructure for […] More

General Atomics and Elbit Systems are under consideration to provide long-endurance drones for Poland’s armed forces, Defense News reported Friday. Jaroslaw Adamowski writes Poland’s military announced the country’s plan to buy long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles either from the U.S. or Israel in 2015. Poland is deciding between the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle, as well as Elbit’s Hermes […] More

The Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol has certified to Congress that an Elbit Systems of America-built Integrated Fixed Towers border surveillance system meets operational requirements, as part of the 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act. Parent company Elbit Systems said Thursday IFT works to provide long-range, 360-degree, all-weather surveillance for optimized situational awareness and agent safety. The company added the […] More

Elbit Systems of America has launched WideBridge Cloud applications suite, a system of cloud-based public safety broadband communications services. The Elbit Systems subsidiary said Friday the suite is designed to give first responders access to broadband communication tools that allow real-time voice, video and data services through P25 Land Mobile Radio and LTE devices. The company added WideBridge […] More

Elbit Systems has introduced an unmanned surface vehicle platform the company designed for anti-submarine warfare and mine countermeasure missions. The 12-meter Seagull USV works to operate maritime vehicles to detect and neutralize underwater mines, the company said Monday. Seagull has a mission control system, replaceable mission modules, Autonomous Navigation System and command, control, communications, computers and […] More

Amela Wilson, a former sector vice president at L-3 Communications, has been named vice president of the sensor and fire control solutions unit at Elbit Systems of America — the Israeli defense electronics company’s U.S. subsidiary. Elbit Systems said Monday that Wilson aims to apply previous experience in managing business growth, programs and processes to help the company […] More

An Elbit Systems subsidiary has been selected to deliver cybersecurity trainer and simulator to Switzerland-based RUAG Defense. Cyberbit will provide its CyberShield offering for integration into RUAG Defense’s cyber training program after further development of the training and simulation tool, Elbit said Monday. Adi Dar, general manager of Cyberbit, said the company intends for the contract […] More