Editing Elbit Systems (section)

==Production for Israeli military==
Elbit Systems is the largest Israeli military manufacturer and produces 85% of the [[Israel Defense Force]]'s land-based equipment as well as 85% of the drones used by the [[Israeli Air Force]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dowling |first=Paddy |title=Dirty secret of Israel's weapons exports: They're tested on Palestinians |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/11/17/israels-weapons-industry-is-the-gaza-war-its-latest-test-lab |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> Elbit advertises that its equipment has been battle-tested by the IDF in operations in Gaza and the West Bank.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hermes™ 450 |url=http://elbitsystems.com/products/uas/hermes-450/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161118100740/http://elbitsystems.com/products/uas/hermes-450/ |archive-date=2016-11-18 |publisher=Elbit Systems |quote=A multi-role high performance tactical UAS and the primary platform of the IDF in counter-terror operations, Hermes 450 is a mature and combat proven UAS with over 300,000 operational flight hours}}</ref> Elbit's drones have been reportedly involved in multiple incidents involving civilian deaths.<ref name="the intercept">{{Cite web |last=Mackey |first=Robert |date=August 11, 2018 |title=Secret Israeli Report Reveals Armed Drone Killed Four Boys Playing on Gaza Beach in 2014 |url=https://theintercept.com/2018/08/11/israel-palestine-drone-strike-operation-protective-edge/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |publisher=The Intercept |quote=A secret Israeli military police report offers direct evidence that four Palestinian children were killed by missiles fired from an armed Israeli drone. [..] Later that same day, at about 3:30 p.m., an Israeli Hermes 450 surveillance drone hovering over a beach in Gaza City transmitted images of eight figures clambering from the strand onto a jetty.}}</ref> While Israel does not officially acknowledge that its drones are used to carry out strikes in Gaza or elsewhere, a 2016 report published by ''The Intercept'' suggested that Israel has used attack drones in fatal attacks.<ref name="intercept 2016">{{Cite web |title=Israeli Drone Feeds Hacked By British and American Intelligence |last1=Currier |first1=Cora |last2=Moltke |first2=Henrik |work=The Intercept |date=October 28, 2016 |access-date=November 22, 2023 |url= https://theintercept.com/2016/01/28/israeli-drone-feeds-hacked-by-british-and-american-intelligence/ |quote=“There’s a good chance that we are looking at the first images of an armed Israeli drone in the public domain,” said Chris Woods, author of Sudden Justice, a history of drone warfare. “They’ve gone to extraordinary lengths to suppress information on weaponized drones.” }}</ref>

In August 2019, Elbit Systems won an [[Israel Ministry of Defense]] contract to install the [[Iron Fist (countermeasure)|Iron Fist]] [[active protection system]] on the IDF's new [[Eitan AFV]] and the IDF's fleet of [[IDF Caterpillar D9|armored D9 bulldozers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elbitsystems.com/pr-new/israeli-ministry-of-defense-selects-elbit-systems-iron-fist-light-decoupled-active-protection-system-for-the-eitan-afv/|title=Israeli Ministry of Defense Selects Elbit Systems' Iron Fist Light Decoupled Active Protection System for the Eitan AFV|website=elbitsystems.com|access-date=2019-12-04}}</ref>

An Elbit Hermes 450 drone was used in the 2024 [[World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack]].<ref name="haaretz1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-02/ty-article/.premium/idf-bombed-wck-aid-convoy-3-times-targeting-armed-hamas-member-who-wasnt-there/0000018e-9e75-d764-adff-9eff29360000 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240402230026/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-02/ty-article/.premium/idf-bombed-wck-aid-convoy-3-times-targeting-armed-hamas-member-who-wasnt-there/0000018e-9e75-d764-adff-9eff29360000 |archive-date=2 April 2024 |title=IDF drone bombed World Central Kitchen aid convoy three times, targeting armed Hamas member who wasn't there |first=Yaniv |last=Kubovich|date=2 April 2024 |work=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-03 |title=Israeli drone used in Gaza aid strike powered by British-made engine, activists claim |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-aid-workers-israel-british-drone-b2522977.html |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>