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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000910680-08-000500
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080707
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080709
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080709

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001027664
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIRCRAFT PART & AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT, NEC [3728]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			L3
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-28998
		FILM NUMBER:		08944733

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 539
		CITY:			HAIFA, ISRAEL
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			31053
		BUSINESS PHONE:		01197248316626

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 539
		CITY:			HAIFA, ISRAEL
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			31053
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<DESCRIPTION>JULY 7, 2008
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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="center"><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font style="COLOR: #000000">Report of Foreign Private Issuer<br>
        Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16<br>
        of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934<br>
        For the Month of&nbsp;July 2008<br>
        _______________________</font></font></font></b></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="center"><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font style="COLOR: #000000">Commission File Number</font></font></font> <font style="COLOR: #000000" face="Arial" color="#000000">000-28998<br>
        &nbsp;</font></font></font></b></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="center"><b><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><b><font style="COLOR: #000000" face="Arial" color="#000000">ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.</font></b></font></font></b></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.4in; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><b><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'" face="Arial" color="#000000">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:</font></b></font></font></p>

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        <font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font> &nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">x</font>&nbsp; <font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">Form
        20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font> <font face="Wingdings">o</font>&nbsp; <font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">Form
        40-F</font></font></font></b></font></font></b></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.4in; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><b><br>
        <font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):</font>&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">o</font><br>
        &nbsp;</font></font></b></font></font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.4in; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">Note</font></font></font> <font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide
        an attached annual report to security holders.<br>
        &nbsp;<br>
        Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):</font>&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">o</font><br>
        &nbsp;</font></font></font></font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.4in; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'" align="left"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">Note</font></font></font> <font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'" face="Arial" color="#000000">: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K submitted to furnish a report or other
        document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant&rsquo;s &ldquo;home country&rdquo;), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant&rsquo;s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant&rsquo;s
        security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.<br>
        &nbsp;<br>
        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:</font></font></font></p>

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        &nbsp;<font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font> <strong><font face="Wingdings">x</font>&nbsp;</strong>
        <font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">No</font></font></font></font></font></font></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#000000">Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference is the Registrant&rsquo;s press release dated&nbsp;July 7, 2008.</font></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="justify"><font color="#000000"><font style="COLOR: #000000" color="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></font></p>

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                    <p><font color="#000000">ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.<br>
                    (Registrant)<br>
                    <br>
                    By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>/s/ Ronit Zmiri&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
                    </u> Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;Ronit Zmiri<br>
                    Title:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Corporate Secretary<br>
                    <br>
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        <font size="2"><font color="#000000">Dated:&nbsp;July 7, 2008</font></font></p>

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                    <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="left"><b><u><font style="COLOR: #000000" color="#000000">Exhibit No.<br>
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                    <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="left"><b><u><font style="COLOR: #000000" color="#000000">Description</font></u></b></p>

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                    <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="left"><font style="COLOR: #000000" color="#000000">1.</font></p>
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                    <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="left">Press Release dated&nbsp;July 7, 2008.</p>

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        <p align="right"><u><font color="#000000" size="2">Exhibit No. 1</font></u></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="4">Elbit Systems' Hermes</font></b><font size="2">&reg;</font> <b><font size="4">450 Records Another Success:</font></b></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font size="6">Elbit Systems to Supply UAV Systems to<br>
         a European Country Valued at $20 Million</font></b></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font size="2">Haifa, Israel, 7 July, 2008 - Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $20 million to supply Hermes&reg; 450 UAV Systems to a European country. The systems include both air vehicles as well as complementing ground systems, to be delivered during 2009.</font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">&nbsp;</p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font size="2">Hermes&reg; 450 is a unique Elbit Systems development, which has been the major player in Israel's security activities, and the IDF's primary UAV system. In addition, the Hermes&reg; 450 is the basis for the UK Armed Forces' Watchkeeper program, the largest UAV program in Europe. Hermes&reg; 450 UAVs are used extensively in armies worldwide, including active war zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan. So far,
        the Hermes&reg; 450 has accumulated over 100,000 operational flight hours.</font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">&nbsp;</p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font size="2">Haim Kellerman, General Manager of Elbit Systems UAS Division said: "The new order is yet another link in the chain of successes in the marketing of the Hermes&reg; 450, building on the level of maturity the system has&nbsp;achieved. The Hermes&reg; 450 has well proved its capabilities and reliability over many years of operational performance," He added, "In light of the current high demand for the
        Hermes&reg; 450, and specifically the requirement for speedy delivery for operational needs, Elbit Systems' UAV Division is prepared to meet the full range of customers' demands."</font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">&nbsp;</p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" align="left"><u><b><font size="3">About Elbit Systems</font></b></u> <font size="3">&nbsp;</font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" align="justify"><font size="2">Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international defense electronics company engaged in a wide 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 (&ldquo;C4ISR&rdquo;), unmanned air vehicle (UAV)
        systems, advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, EW suites, airborne warning systems, ELINT systems, data links and military communications systems and radios.&nbsp;The Company also focuses on the upgrading of existing military platforms and developing new technologies for defense, homeland security and commercial aviation applications.</font></p>

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                        <p><font color="#000000" size="2"><strong><u>Company Contact</u>:</strong><br>
                        <br>
                        Joseph Gaspar, Executive VP &amp; CFO<br>
                        Dalia Rosen, Director of Corporate Communications<br>
                        Elbit Systems Ltd<br>
                        Tel: +972-4-8316663<br>
                        Fax: +972-4-8316944<br>
                        E-mail: <u>gspr@elbit.co.il<br>
                        </u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>daliarosen@elbit.co.il</u></font></p>
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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u><b><font size="2">IR Contact</font></b></u><b><font size="2">:</font></b></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" align="justify"><font size="2">This press release contains forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) regarding Elbit Systems Ltd. and/or its subsidiaries (collectively the Company), to the extent such statements do not relate to historical or current fact. Forward Looking Statements are based on
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        factors, including, without limitation: scope and length of customer contracts; governmental regulations and approvals; changes in governmental budgeting priorities; general market, political and economic conditions in the countries in which the Company operates or sells, including Israel and the United States among others; differences in anticipated and actual program performance, including the ability to perform under long-term fixed-price contracts; and the outcome of legal and/or
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