Elbit Systems wins $117 million in Israel defence contracts

Elbit Systems Ltd said on Thursday it won contracts worth $117 million (77 million pounds) from Israel's Ministry of Defence for the supply of command, control, computer, communications and intelligence (C4I) systems. Under the contracts, Israel-based Elbit said it will develop the next generation of the digital army project, a master programme to computerise all operations in the land forces, connecting all field and command echelons into a central data network.