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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000910680-09-000317
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090616
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090617
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090617

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:		09895551

	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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<TYPE>6-K
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<DESCRIPTION>JUNE 16, 2009
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        </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></font></font></b></font></b></font></strong></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;June 2009<br>
        _______________________</font></font></font></b></font></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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        <font style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">No</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p>

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                        <p><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="Arial">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</font><br>
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            <font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000" size="2">Dated:&nbsp;June 16, 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"><font face="Arial" size="2">Press Release dated&nbsp;June 16, 2009</font></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><font face="Arial" size="2">Exhibit 1</font></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><b><font size="5">Elbit Systems' Joint Venture with Rockwell Collins', VSI, to Supply Helmet Mounted Displays for F-35 Aircraft under Contracts Valued </font></b><b><font size="5">at $54.1 Million </font></b></font></font></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" align="left"><font size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">Haifa, Israel, 16 June 2009 &ndash; Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) announced that its joint venture with Rockwell Collins, Vision Systems International, LLC (VSI), has received several new contracts with a total value of more than $54.1 million relating to the F-35 aircraft. </font></font></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt" align="left"><font size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">The contracts received from Lockheed Martin Corporation, include the delivery of 52 F-35 Helmet Mounted Displays and 30 additional aircraft systems. VSI also received initial funding for the Pilot Fit Facility Standup at Eglin Air Force Base for the F-35 Helmet Mounted Display System program.</font></font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt" align="left"><font size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">Delivery under the contracts will commence this year and continue through 2012.</font></font></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font face="Arial"><u><b><font size="2">About Elbit Systems</font></b></u> <font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p>

        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font face="Arial" 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 ("C4ISR"), 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"><font face="Arial"><font size="2">For additional information, visit: </font><u><font size="2">www.elbitsystems.com</font></u><font size="2">. </font></font></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><u><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Contacts:</font></b></u></p>

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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Joseph Gaspar, Executive VP &amp; CFO</font></p>

                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Dalia Rosen, Head of Corporate Communications </font></p>

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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2">Tel: +972-4-8316663</font></p>

                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2">Fax: +972-4-8316944</font></p>

                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font face="Arial"><font size="2">E-mail:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><u><font size="2">j.gaspr@elbitsystems.com</font></u></font></p>

                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 39pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><u><font face="Arial" size="2">dalia.rosen@elbitsystems.com</font></u></p>
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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2">Ehud Helft / Kenny Green </font></p>

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                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2">G.K. Investor Relations</font></p>

                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2">Tel: 1-646-201-9246</font></p>

                        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font face="Arial"><font size="2">E-mail: </font><u><font size="2">info@gkir.com</font></u></font></p>
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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font face="Arial" 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&nbsp;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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