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Property, Plant And Equipment, Net | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Property, Plant And Equipment, Net [Abstract] |
Property, Plant And Equipment, Net | Note 10 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Cost (1): |  |  |  |  |  |
Land, buildings and leasehold improvements (2) |  | $ | 361,246 |  |  | $ | 351,748 |
Instruments, machinery and equipment (3) |  |  | 629,290 |  |  |  | 583,535 |
Office furniture and other |  |  | 76,939 |  |  |  | 72,995 |
Motor vehicles and airplanes |  |  | 131,106 |  |  |  | 104,551 |
|  |  | 1,198,581 |  |  |  | 1,112,829 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (680,973 | ) |  |  | (608,978 | )
Depreciated cost |  | $ | 517,608 |  |  | $ | 503,851 |
Depreciation expenses for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 amounted to $93,666, $84,412 and $82,497, respectively.
| (1) | Net of investment grants received (mainly for instruments, machinery and equipment) in the amounts of $29,367 and $29,084 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
(2) Set forth below is additional information regarding the real estate owned or leased by the Company (in square feet):
|  | Israel (a) |  |  | U.S. (b) |  |  | Other Countries (c) |
Owned |  |  | 2,193,000 |  |  |  | 713,000 |  |  |  | 1,063,000 |
Leased |  |  | 2,024,000 |  |  |  | 618,000 |  |  |  | 300,000 |
| (a) | Includes offices, development and engineering facilities, manufacturing facilities, maintenance facilities, hangar facilities and a landing strip in various locations in Israel used by Elbit Systems' Israeli subsidiaries.
| (b) | Includes offices, development and engineering facilities, manufacturing facilities and maintenance facilities of Elbit Systems of America primarily in Texas, New Hampshire, Florida, Alabama and Virginia.
| (c) | Includes offices, design and engineering facilities and manufacturing facilities, mainly in Europe, Brazil, Australia and Asia.
| (3) | Includes equipment produced by the Company for its own use in the aggregate amount of $173,649 and $167,248 as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
As for pledges of assets – see Note 20(I).

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