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Major Customer And Geographic Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Major Customer And Geographic Information [Abstract] |
Major Customer And Geographic Information | Note 22 - MAJOR CUSTOMER AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION The Company operates in one reportable segment (see Note 1 for a brief description of the Company's business).
| A. | Revenues are attributed to geographic areas based on location of the end customers as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Europe |  | $ | 545,509 |  |  | $ | 541,749 |  |  | $ | 728,232 |
U.S. |  |  | 890,352 |  |  |  | 843,985 |  |  |  | 813,460 |
Israel |  |  | 697,771 |  |  |  | 650,956 |  |  |  | 627,251 |
Other (*) |  |  | 683,833 |  |  |  | 633,443 |  |  |  | 663,494 |
|  | $ | 2,817,465 |  |  | $ | 2,670,133 |  |  | $ | 2,832,437 |
(*) Mainly Asia and South America
| B. | Revenues are generated by the following areas of operations:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Airborne systems |  | $ | 969,446 |  |  | $ | 791,111 |  |  | $ | 693,229 |
Land vehicles systems |  |  | 405,294 |  |  |  | 363,245 |  |  |  | 449,712 |
C4ISR systems |  |  | 996,382 |  |  |  | 1,019,068 |  |  |  | 1,168,848 |
Electro-optic systems |  |  | 300,158 |  |  |  | 368,808 |  |  |  | 406,396 |
Other (*) |  |  | 146,185 |  |  |  | 127,901 |  |  |  | 114,252 |
|  | $ | 2,817,465 |  |  | $ | 2,670,133 |  |  | $ | 2,832,437 |
(*) Mainly non-defense engineering and production services.
| C. | Major customer data as a percentage of total revenues:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Israeli Ministry Of Defense |  |  | 23 | % |  |  | 23 | % |  |  | 21 | %
U.S. Government |  |  | 8 | % |  |  | 7 | % |  |  | 6 | %
| D. | Long-lived assets by geographic areas:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Israel |  | $ | 875,935 |  |  | $ | 985,953 |  |  | $ | 753,477 |
U.S. |  |  | 208,640 |  |  |  | 225,217 |  |  |  | 185,134 |
Other |  |  | 196,105 |  |  |  | 89,345 |  |  |  | 69,400 |
|  | $ | 1,280,680 |  |  | $ | 1,300,515 |  |  | $ | 1,008,011 |

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