The contract, amounting to tens of millions of dollars, was signed with IAI, the manufacturer of the satellite
Elbit Systems announced that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Eloup Ltd. ("Eloup"), won a contract from the Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. ("IIA") to supply a space camera to be installed on the OPTSAT 3000 photography satellite intended for Italy. The scope of the contract, which includes the Jupiter-type space camera and related services, amounts to approximately 40 million dollars and will be completed over the course of three and a half years.
Adi Dar, CEO of Alup, said: "We are proud of the fact that we were chosen to supply the space camera to Italy. Alup is a world leader, for many years, in the field of space cameras and we supply our systems to a variety of space agencies and to customers in the satellite market, with high performance and reliability throughout the life of the mission. We hope that this contract will lead to further orders in Israel and around the world."
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excellent! All the best to Elbit!