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Major Customer And Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Major Customer And Geographic Information [Abstract]

Schedule Of Revenues By Geographic Areas

		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

Schedule Of Revenues By 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.

Schedule Of Major Customer Data

		Year ended December 31,
		2011				2010				2009
Israeli Ministry Of Defense			23	%			23	%			21	%
U.S. Government			8	%			7	%			6	%

Schedule Of 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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