Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems (ESLT) is a publicly traded Established Primes company founded in 1996 and based in Haifa, Israel.
Elbit Systems traces its roots to Elbit Computers, founded in 1966 by Elron Electronic Industries and Israel's Ministry of Defense, and became a separate defense electronics company in 1996. It is headquartered in Haifa, Israel, trades on Nasdaq and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker ESLT, and employs more than 21,000 people in dozens of countries. It reports five segments: Aerospace, C4I and Cyber, ISTAR and EW, Land, and Elbit Systems of America, its US arm. Its products range from Hermes drones and the PULS rocket launcher to tank upgrades, the Iron Fist active protection system and electronic warfare suites, sold under development, production and support contracts with defense ministries and other government agencies. 2025 revenue was $7.94 billion. Q2 2026 revenue rose to $2.29 billion from $1.97 billion a year earlier, GAAP net income attributable to shareholders was $173.6 million, and the order backlog reached $32.0 billion on June 30, 2026. Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis is President and CEO.
On May 26, 2026 Elbit announced a contract worth about $1.4 billion from a European customer for military modernization programs over five years, and two days later a roughly $350 million main battle tank upgrade for an international customer. Its Land segment revenue rose 32% to $770.2 million in Q2 2026. Elbit Systems of America won more than $370 million in US Customs and Border Protection awards in July 2026. Greece and Germany have bought its PULS rocket launcher.
At a glance
Total raised
Undisclosed
Headcount
10k+
Headquarters
Haifa
IsraelFounded
1996
Status
Public
Subsector
Defense, ranked
Top 25 Defense companies →Funding history
Total raised
—
Rounds tracked
0
No dated funding rounds on file. This company is privately held and may be raising or operating on undisclosed capital.
