Elbit to Supply Finnish Army With Communication Systems for EUR17 M

(Haifa, Israel, August 18, 2009) -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at EUR17 million to provide Finland's Ministry of Defense with high speed radio and data transmission communication systems to be delivered during 2010 - 2012.

Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis, General Manager of Elbit Systems Land and C4I -Tadiran, noted that the selection of the Tadiran family of communication systems by the Finnish Ministry of Defense attests to the quality of these systems as well as to the customer's satisfaction by the performance of similar, previously acquired systems. Machlis added: "We hope that this contract will be followed by additional orders from both Finland as well as NATO countries and will further strengthen our position as a leading supplier of innovative radio systems worldwide."

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