Elbit Systems Buys Shiron Satellite For $16 Million
Israel-based Shiron is a privately held firm engaged in the broadband communication market. Its solutions are suited for the interactive multimedia broadband satellite market.
Elbit said that Shiron's InterSky satellite communications system, which provides broadband satellite services to remote locations. Elbit added that the acquired company's technology is "well proven" in the commercial market, and is anticipated to be synergetic to the communication technology developed and implemented in ESLC-T's military systems and products.
Israel-based Elbit Systems is a defense electronics firm engaged in a range of defense-related programs throughout the world. The company, which includes Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries, operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, unmanned air vehicle systems, advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, EW suites, airborne warning systems, ELINT systems, data links and military communications systems and radios.
The company also focuses on the upgrading of existing military platforms and developing new technologies for defense, homeland security and commercial aviation applications.
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