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Elbit Systems and the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) to Establish New Vision Systems Research Centre

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June 15, 2008

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Elbit Systems to offer Technion researchers an advanced laboratory,
research grants and guidance in unique research fields

HAIFA, Israel, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Elbit Systems Ltd.
(Nasdaq: ESLT) and the Haifa-based Israel Institute of Technology (the
“Technion”) signed a joint research agreement in the field of vision
systems. According to the agreement, Elbit Systems will award research
grants during the next five years, to selected Technion researchers of the
Electrical Engineering Department. These researchers will support their
research using Elbit Systems’ advanced Eye Tracking laboratory.

Elbit Systems recently published a call for research in vision and
computer aided vision fields, directed at students and researchers from the
Electrical Engineering Department of the Technion. Elbit Systems has so far
received numerous research requests from both undergraduate and graduate
students. The Grant Committee, which includes Elbit Systems’ R&D
representatives and a Technion observer, will soon determine which of the
research requests will be granted. The Committee will continue to follow
additional research fields suitable for the award of research grants in the
coming years.

Researchers in the eye tracking field will examine, among other
aspects, the human eye’s capability to track objects in space, and qualify
and categorize the objects perceived (3D movement, etc.). The vision
researches’ findings are expected to contribute to the improvement of data
fusion capabilities in determining targeted objects’ outlines, efficient
automatic calibration in case of overlapping cameras’ fields of vision,
picture reconstruction and more.

“The new program we are launching and Elbit Systems’ annual donation to
the research in the vision systems field reflect the fruitful, reciprocal
cooperation between the Technion and industry,” said Yitzhak Apeloig, the
Technion President. “I trust that both our students and Elbit Systems will
benefit from this cooperation and soon reap its benefits. On behalf of the
Technion and the

Faculty of Electrical Engineering Department, the Technion’s flagship
and largest department, I express my gratitude to Elbit Systems, the
flagship of the Israeli industry.”

“Elbit Systems is proud to be an active partner in advancing the
research activity performed at the Technion, one of the most
technologically advanced research institutions in the world,” said Joseph
Ackerman, Elbit Systems’ President and CEO. “We see our constant investment
in R&D a central ingredient in Elbit Systems’ success so far, and vital for
the maintenance of our leadership in the highly competitive global defense
industry. Over the generations, many Technion graduates have joined Elbit
Systems. We take pleasure in our ability to contribute and offer more
Technion students the opportunity to research the fascinating field of
vision systems and particularly eye tracking during their studies.”

Elbit Systems is a world leader in vision systems, offering its cutting
edge technology in diverse fields, such as advanced helmet mounted systems
for combat aircraft, providing pilots with critical flight and mission
information which is projected on-line into the pilots’ helmets, without
the need to turn or lower their gaze. The electromagnetic position tracking
technology enables accurate detection of the pilot’s head position and
field of vision.

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