Elbit Systems Supplies IAF F-16I Simulator System

Elbit already manufactures the core avionics system for the plane.

Defense electronics company Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) and Lockheed Martin have delivered an avionics simulation system for the Israel Air Force (IAF) F-16I Sufa aircrew flight and system trainer.

The simulator is fully compatible with the aircraft avionics and cockpit. Elbit Systems also supplied an advanced simulation system to enable IAF pilots an out-of-cockpit world view for full training in different air conditions in both day and nighttime.

Elbit Systems supplies the core avionic systems for the IAF's F-16I aircraft. These systems include the display and sight helmet (DASH), mission computer systems, head-up display systems, display processors, digital maps as well as stores management systems.

In 2005, Elbit Systems supplied an advanced simulation system for the F-16A Netz and has already received a follow-on order for the development of a simulation system for the F-16B Barak.

Elbit Systems president and CEO Joseph Ackerman said, "The successful delivery of the simulator for the IAF’s most advanced combat aircraft, the F-16I, further strengthens Elbit Systems’ position as a leading company in the simulator field in general and in the flight simulator area in particular." According to Ackerman, "In order to achieve better efficiency in defense budgets, there is a wider global demand for use of simulators, which enable air forces and other defense force branches to achieve better performance with the same level of training-hours."

Shares in Elbit Systems fell 0.9% to 62.10 in Nasdaq trading on Monday, giving a market cap of $2.61 billion.

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on June 3, 2008

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