Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a $80 million contract to supply Direct Infrared Counter Measures ("DIRCM") and airborne Electronic Warfare ("EW") systems for a country in Asia-Pacific. The contract will be performed over a two-year period. Under the contract, Elbit Systems will provide C-MUSIC™ DIRCM systems together with the Company's Infra-Red-based Passive Airborne Warning Systems (IR-PAWS), for several aircraft types, providing high levels of protection and redundancy.

These systems have accumulated hundreds of thousands of flight hours to date, and have been selected by numerous customers to equip more than 25 types of aircraft. Customers include Israel, Germany, NATO's multinational fleet and others.