Another International Success for Elbit Systems Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Elbit Systems to Supply a Latin American Customer with Hermes® 900 and Hermes® 450 UAS for Tens of Millions of Dollars

Another International Success for Elbit Systems Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Elbit Systems to Supply a Latin American Customer with Hermes® 900 and Hermes® 450 UAS for Tens of Millions of Dollars: HAIFA, Israel, August 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT ("Elbit Systems"), announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at many tens of millions of dollars, to supply a Latin American customer with a mixed fleet of Hermes® 900 and Hermes® 450 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The contract will be performed over the next two years.

The contract includes Universal Ground Control Stations (UGCS) and a variety of payloads and capabilities including: the Electro-Optics Elop Division's advanced payloads systems, the Elisra Division's intelligence COMINT systems, SAR/MPR multi mode radar and additional sensors.

-Elad Aharonson, Elbit Systems UAS ...