Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems is an Israeli defence electronics company.[1]
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Applegate allegations
The Westminster Connection a lobbying firm was named as part of a campaign to secure a £500 million contract for Israeli arms firm Elbit Systems by retired Lieutenant General Richard Applegate when he was targeted in a sting operation by Sunday Times journalists posing as representatives of a Korean drone manufacturer.[2] The Sunday Times reported:
- He confided that he used Westminster Connection, a discreet lobbying firm with Israeli links, as a "firebreak" to ensure "that my fingerprints weren't over any of it". It could gain access to anyone "from the Prime Minister down". He said the firm, based in Victoria and co-owned by Scott Hamilton, a former Conservative staffer, had used its links with Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) to persuade MPs in the Commons to assist him in his campaign.[2]
The Sunday Times named Douglas Carswell and Defence Select Committee chairman James Arbuthnot as MPs who raised questions related to the campaign.[2]
Subsidiaries
United States
- Elbit Systems U.S. Corp. (ESC) - wholly owned by Elbit Systems
- Elbit Systems of America, LLC (Elbit Systems of America) - wholly owned by Elbit Systems U.S. Corp.
- EFW Inc. (EFW) - wholly owned by Elbit Systems of America
- Kollsman, Inc. (Kollsman) - wholly owned by Elbit Systems of America
- International Enterprises, Inc. (IEI) - wholly owned by Elbit Systems of America
- Innovative Concepts, Inc. (“ICI”) - wholly owned by Elbit Systems of America
- Talla-Com, Tallahassee Communications Industries, Inc. (Talla-Com) - wholly owned by Elbit Systems of America
- Vision Systems International - - 50 per cent owned by Elbit Systems of America[3]
Israel
- Elbit Systems Electro-Optics - Elop Ltd. - wholly owned by Elbit Systems
- Elbit Systems Land and C4I Ltd. - wholly owned by Elbit Systems
- Elisra - 70 per cent owned by Elbit Systems
- Tadiran Electronic Systems Ltd. (Tadiran Systems) - wholly owned by Elisra
- Tadiran Spectralink Ltd. (Tadiran Spectralink) - wholly owned by Elisra
- Elbit Systems – Cyclone Ltd. - wholly owned by Elbit Systems
- Snunit Aviation Services Ltd
- Elbit Security Systems Ltd. - wholly owned by Elbit Systems
- Elbit Systems - Kinetics Ltd. (Kinetics) - wholly owned by Elbit Systems
- Semi-Conductor Devices (SCD) - 50 per cent owned by Elbit Systems
- Opgal – Optronics Industries Ltd. - owned 50.1 per cent by Elbit Systems[3]
Europe
- Elbit Systems UK Limited - wholly owned by Elbit Systems.
- UAV Tactical Systems Ltd. (U-TacS) - 51 per cent owned by Elbit Systems UK Limited[3]
External Resources
- Whos Lobbying Elbit Systems
- Electronic Intifada Elbit
Notes
- ↑ Introduction, Elbit Systems, accessed 10 March 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Secret campaign 'secured £500m', Insight, Sunday Times, 14 October 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Major Subsidiaries, Elbit Systems, accessed 15 October 2012.
