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Israeli Firms Awarded $141 Million For Turkish IMINT Systems

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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

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Subsidiaries of Israel's Elbit Systems [ESLT] and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) were recently awarded $141 million by the Turkish air force for combined airborne IMINT (Imagery Intelligence) systems. "We are very proud that the Turkish air force, one of the most advanced and modern in the world, has chosen our reconnaissance system," Haim Rousso, general manager of Elbit Systems Electro-Optics (Elop), said. "The system is based on a well-developed and proven solution, which has already been chosen by several leading…

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