Elbit Systems
The “Iron Sting” 120mm mortar munition uses GPS and laser technology, and is capable of accuracies of less than 38 feet, according to Israel’s Defense Ministry.
Israel’s Elbit Systems will provide Hermes 900 drones and associated systems, as well as maintenance and support services, to an unnamed Asian country.
Under the $1.68 billion, 20-year contract, Israel’s Defense Ministry and Elbit Systems will establish and operate a flight school for the Greek air force.
When Lior Avitan, CEO of UltraWis, watched cranes operate inefficiently and dangerously, he felt that the time had come to introduce aircraft technology to the Israeli construction industry.
With its high-tech developments in operation around the world, including in use by 15 NATO members, Elbit’s newest systems provide automatic visual warnings about tall obstacles, and combines outer and inner data into a single seamless image seen by the pilots.
According to the “traffic light” model, Israeli cities have been divided into red, orange, yellow and green categories with different restrictions applied in light of each locale’s infection rate, as epidemiological testing has begun nationwide.
It will provide the army with commander hand stations, gunner hand stations and circuit cards for the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
Kfar Idud, a housing complex in Netanya for Israeli adults with learning disabilities, has begun assembling a component of a specially made grenade that will not detonate if hit by gunfire, named after fallen Israeli soldier Eliraz Peretz.
Israel defense company Elbit Systems has sold a version of its Hermes 900 Unmanned Aerial System to a Southeast Asian country that uses advanced radars and cameras to detect survivors in the water for life-saving search-and-rescue missions.
Israeli Defense Ministry official: “The decision to leverage the impressive capabilities of our defense industry that is capable of quality production, in record time, of anything—whether it is unmanned aerial systems or ventilators—is paying off and will enable us to reach the goal set.”
Elbit Systems engineers worked with staff at the Rambam Healthcare Campus in Haifa “around the clock to get the system up and running, and adapt it to the language of doctors and nurses facing the corona challenge.”
“Thanks to the creative thinking of using technology that is normally used against enemies, I hope we will be able to win in the fight against COVID-19,” said Dr. Yossi Shaya of the Beilinson Hospital.
