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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000910680-09-000097
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090301
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090303
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090303

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

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-28998
		FILM NUMBER:		09649922

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

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		STREET 1:		ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 539
		CITY:			HAIFA, ISRAEL
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			31053
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        <p align="center"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><strong><font color="#000000" size="2"><b><font color="#000000"><font style="COLOR: #000000" face="Arial" color="#000000">UNITED STATES<br>
        </font></font></b></font></strong><strong><font color="#000000" size="2"><font color="#000000"><font style="COLOR: #000000" face="Arial" color="#000000">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
        </font></font></font></strong><strong><font color="#000000" size="2"><b><font color="#000000"><font style="COLOR: #000000" face="Arial" color="#000000">Washington, D.C. 20549<br>
        </font></font></b></font></strong><strong><font color="#000000" size="2"><b><font color="#000000"><font style="COLOR: #000000" face="Arial" color="#000000">____________________</font></font></b></font></strong></font></font></p>

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        Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16<br>
        of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934<br>
        For the Month of&nbsp;March 2009<br>
        _______________________</font></font></font></b></font></font></p>

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        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></font></p>

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        <font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><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>
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        provide an attached annual report to security holders.<br>
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        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):&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">o</font><br>
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        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></font></p>

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        <p title="EE+ Page Header" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size="2">Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference is the Registrant&rsquo;s press release dated&nbsp;March 1, 2009.</font></p>

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        <p title="EE+ Page Header" 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" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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"><font size="2">ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD.<br>
                        (Registrant)<br>
                        <br>
                        By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>/s/&nbsp;Ronit Zmiri&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>
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            <font color="#000000"><font color="#000000" size="2">Dated:&nbsp;March 1, 2009</font></font><br>
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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="left"><strong><font size="2">Press Release dated&nbsp;March 1, 2009</font></strong></p>
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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><font color="#000000" size="6">Adi Dar Appointed General Manager of Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop,&nbsp;Replacing Haim Rousso, Appointed Elbit Systems Executive Vice President for Engineering and Technology Excellence</font></b></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font color="#000000">Haifa, Israel, March 1, 2009 - Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) today announced that, effective April 7 2009, Adi Dar will become General Manager of Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. (&ldquo;Elop&rdquo;).Dar will replace Haim Rousso, who will become Elbit Systems Ltd.s Executive Vice President for Engineering and Technology Excellence.</font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" align="left"><font color="#000000">Dar has served as Elop&rsquo;s Vice President for Business Development since 2006. Previously, he served in a number of management positions in Elbit Systems, which he joined in 2002. Prior to that, he held management positions in Elron Telesoft Ltd. and was a career officer in the Israel Defense Forces.</font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font color="#000000">Dar holds a bachelors degree in industrial engineering from the Technion and an MBA from Tel-Aviv University.</font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" align="left"><font color="#000000">Haim Rousso has served in management positions at Elop for the past 36 years, and has served as General Manager since 2000. Under his leadership Elop has continued its growth as a world leading company in the area of electro-optics. Rousso holds bachelor and master of science degrees in electronic engineering from the Technion.</font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" align="left"><font color="#000000">Joseph Ackeman, Elbit Systems President and CEO, commented: &ldquo;Under Haim Rousso&rsquo;s leadership Elop has expanded upon its world leading position in the electro-optics and space markets, and we are very pleased that he will continue to contribute to the entire Elbit Systems&rsquo; organization his vast experience in complex engineering and development projects. Adi Dar&rsquo;s appointment
        underscores his contribution to Elop&rsquo;s success in recent years. We wish both of them success in their new positions as well as in continuing to meet the significant challenges ahead.&rdquo;</font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u><b><font color="#000000">About Elbit Systems</font></b></u></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" align="left"><font color="#000000">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>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><u><b><font color="#000000">Contacts:</font></b></u></p>

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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font color="#000000">Joseph Gaspar, Executive VP &amp; CFO</font></p>

                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font color="#000000">Dalia Rosen, Head of Corporate Communications</font></p>

                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font color="#000000">Elbit Systems Ltd</font></p>

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                        <font color="#000000">Tel: +972-4-8316663</font></p>

                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font color="#000000">Fax: +972-4-8316944</font></p>
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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font color="#000000"><u><b>IR Contact</b></u><b>:</b></font></p>

                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font color="#000000">Ehud Helft / Kenny Green</font></p>

                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><font color="#000000">G.K. Investor Relations<br>
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                        Tel: 1-646-201-9246</font></p>
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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font color="#000000"><u>j.gaspr@elbitsystems.com</u><br>
                        <u>dalia.rosen@elbitsystems.com</u></font></p>
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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font color="#000000">E-mail:</font></p>
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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><u><font color="#000000">info@gkir.com</font></u></p>
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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 72pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><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
        management&rsquo;s expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results, performance and trends may differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to a variety of
        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
        regulatory proceedings. The factors listed above are not all-inclusive, and further information is contained in Elbit Systems Ltd.&rsquo;s latest annual report on Form 20-F, which is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. The Company does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.</font></p>
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