ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD

Overview

Elbit Systems Ltd. is an Israel-incorporated defense technology company serving the defense, homeland-security and commercial-aviation sectors. Its principal businesses span aerospace; command, control, communications, computers, intelligence and cyber; intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and electronic warfare; land systems; and its U.S. operations. Its products and services include airborne and unmanned systems, sensors, communications and cyber solutions, electronic-warfare and surveillance systems, vehicle protection, guided munitions, training and aviation services. The company’s vision is to help create a secure and safer world, and it describes its mission as supporting customers with innovative technological solutions.[1]+10

The company has facilities and subsidiaries across Israel, the United States, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. For the year ended December 31, 2025, it reported revenue of approximately $7.94 billion and had 20,537 employees worldwide. Elbit Systems was formed in 1996 from the defense-related assets and business of its predecessor, Elbit Ltd.[12]+5 [1]+17

Products & services

Elbit Systems’ aircraft products include upgrade packages integrating avionics, communications, navigation, electro-optics and electronic-warfare systems. Its airborne equipment ranges from individual sensors to full cockpit suites, including mission-management computers, displays, digital maps and recorders, head-up displays, intelligence systems and precision-guided-munition sensors. The company also offers flight-training and simulation systems.[18][19]

Its communications and command-and-control products include secure tactical software-defined radios, HF/VHF/UHF systems, satellite-on-the-move communications for voice, video and data, and network management and interoperability solutions. Its ISR, electronic-warfare and electro-optical portfolio includes radar- and laser-warning systems, infrared missile warning, electronic-support and threat-identification equipment, countermeasures, and EO and laser sensors for air, land and maritime applications.[20]+4

Land products include vehicle systems, artillery and mortars, rocket artillery, active protection, precision-guided munitions and ammunition. The modular PULS launcher supports multiple munition types, with ranges up to 300 km.[10][25] Iron Fist is an active-protection system that detects and counters threats including rocket-propelled grenades, guided missiles and unmanned aircraft.[26] The Hermes 900 unmanned aircraft system is described with up to 36 hours’ endurance, a 350 kg maximum payload and a 30,000 ft service ceiling.[27]

Services include customer maintenance instruction and training, maintenance-support equipment, specialist or local support teams, performance-based logistics and flight-school fleet operations.[28] The company reports financial performance by business segment rather than by individual product; product-specific sales percentages are not provided.[29][30] [18]+13

Geographic presence

Elbit Systems’ FY2025 revenue was geographically distributed across Israel ($2,556.4 million; 32.2%), Europe ($2,139.5 million; 27.0%), North America ($1,659.3 million; 20.9%), Asia-Pacific ($1,243.7 million; 15.7%), Latin America ($99.0 million; 1.2%) and Other ($240.7 million; 3.0%). These are regional categories; the reported breakdown does not provide country-level revenue.[31][32]

The company reports manufacturing and assembly facilities in Israel, the United States, Europe, India, Brazil and Australia, as well as facilities operated by subsidiaries in other countries. In 2025 it began establishing facilities in Sweden and Germany and opened a U.S. facility for aircraft structures; its report also identifies operational Israeli UAV-assembly and Ramat Beka munitions sites.[12][33] At year-end 2025, it reported 20,537 employees worldwide, including 14,805 in Israel and 3,267 in the United States; most employees were in Israel, with a significant number in the U.S.[15][34]

At year-end 2025, reported owned and leased real estate totaled 1,658,140 and 7,844,631 square feet, respectively, in Israel; 977,124 and 968,407 square feet in the U.S.; and 881,916 and 754,362 square feet in other countries. The “Other countries” category includes facilities in Europe, Latin America, Canada and Asia-Pacific.[35]+2 [31]+8

Business segments

Elbit Systems reports five business segments: Aerospace, covering airborne platforms, unmanned systems, sensors, aerostructures, training and commercial aviation; C4I and Cyber, covering C4ISR, communications, cyber intelligence, autonomous systems and homeland security; ISTAR and EW, covering electro-optic and laser systems, naval systems, electronic warfare and signals intelligence; Land, covering vehicle, artillery, mortar, munitions and survivability systems; and ESA, a geographic segment focused on the U.S. market, including U.S. military and FMS/FMF customers, homeland security, medical instrumentation and commercial aviation.[2]+6

Based on FY2025 segment revenue, the approximate contributions were Land 27.2% (US$2,318.7 million), Aerospace 24.2% (US$2,067.0 million), ESA 19.8% (US$1,694.1 million), ISTAR and EW 17.9% (US$1,525.8 million), and C4I and Cyber 10.9% (US$930.9 million). These shares are calculated from the five reported segment revenues, totaling US$8,536.5 million.[38] The company also reports revenue geographically: Israel 32%, Europe 27%, North America 21%, Asia-Pacific 16%, Latin America 1% and Others 3% of FY2025 revenue.[39][40] [2]+18

Company history

Elbit’s predecessor, Elbit Computers Ltd., was incorporated in Israel in 1966. Elbit Systems was formed in 1996 through the demerger of Elbit Ltd.’s defense-related businesses and was listed on Nasdaq that year.[17][41] In 2000, it expanded its electro-optics business through its combination with El-Op; in 2005, it agreed to acquire Koor Industries’ stake in Elisra and completed the purchase later that year.[11]+2

Bezhalel Machlis became president and CEO in 2013.[44] Elbit completed its acquisition of IMI Systems in 2018 and its U.S. subsidiary completed the acquisition of Sparton in 2021.[45][46] In 2023, David Federmann became board chair, succeeding his father, Michael Federmann, who had held the role since 2000.[47][48] [17]+9

Sources

• ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD — Full financial report (2025 Y)
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