Elbit signs additional contracts for its thermal imaging systems
Elbit to supply lightweight thermal imagers to Canadian and Israeli militaries in a deal valued at $50 million
Some foreign companies find it difficult to operate beyond their borders. Israeli electornic specialist Elbit is not one of them. Earlier in the year it was named a team member of a Boeing-led group which won a hefty SBInet contract (Elbit would be charged with providing the surveillance cameras which can identify objects far in the distance, a useful feature along the barren, wind-swept stretches of the U.S.-Canada border). Now, Elbit Systems announced that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop, has been awarded several contracts valued at a total of approximately $50 million to provide hand-held thermal imaging systems to the Canadian and Israeli armed forces.
Elop’s hand-held thermal imaging systems are part of the CORAL family of products. The hand-held night vision system is lightweight (less than 2.5 kg) and is carried by an infantry soldier on a neck-strap. The system allows the user to view targets at night at tactical ranges, from either fixed positions or while in motion. Elop’s general manager Haim Rousso said that “These orders, that follow other recent contract awards around the globe, further establish our position as a market leader in advanced Thermal Imaging systems optimized for the modern battlefield.”
Elop is not the new kid on the block. The company entered the field of thermal imaging systems in the 1970s and has produced and supplied thousands of thermal imaging systems to military organizations, defense industries, and law enforcement units worldwide.
