The system includes advanced tactical computers (ETC), communications equipment and software for communications data. The Elbit devices will serve as the hardware basis for a battlefield management system, to be tried in the field starting in 2004. Elbit has a long-standing relationship as a supplier of command and control systems for the Dutch military.
In another lucrative defense industry development, the state of Mexico has bought two Israeli-made missile and helicopter transport ships from IDF surplus for $90 million. The Marker financial news service reports that the deal is one of the largest sales of its kind. The ships, which were produced in the 1970s and which were replaced by current Sa’ar 5 missile ship, are to be renovated by Israel and transferred to the Mexican Navy.
In another lucrative defense industry development, the state of Mexico has bought two Israeli-made missile and helicopter transport ships from IDF surplus for $90 million. The Marker financial news service reports that the deal is one of the largest sales of its kind. The ships, which were produced in the 1970s and which were replaced by current Sa’ar 5 missile ship, are to be renovated by Israel and transferred to the Mexican Navy.