EUROPE - Israeli Company Secures 1.4b. Defense Contract

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it secured an approximately $1.4 billion defense contract from an unnamed European nation to supply a comprehensive suite of military modernization systems over the next five years.

The massive contract win was revealed alongside the Haifa-based company’s first-quarter 2026 financial results, which showed a 15.5% jump in quarterly revenue to $2.19 billion, pushing Elbit’s total order backlog past $30 billion for the first time.

France barred Israeli defense firms, including Elbit, from participating in major global arms expos like Euronaval and Eurosatory in 2024, according to the Defense Ministry.

In particular, the ministry noted an incident at the 2025 Paris Air Show in which organizers completely blocked off Israeli exhibition booths behind massive black screens.

In September 2025, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared an arms embargo and a partial import ban on Israeli defense products according to Spain’s Social Rights, Consumer Affairs, and 2030 Agenda Ministry, with the country canceling several active defense procurement contracts with Elbit Systems following the directive.

-www.jpost.com, 27 May 2026

Commentary: Based on these published figures, European defense manufacturing lags behind. Israel’s high technology is needed, despite France and Spain not allowing Israel to offer their military technology.

We recall that France was a decisive contributor toward Israel’s Six-Day War in 1967, when they supplied their Mirage fighter jets. That, of course, has all changed. Thus, Israel learned to be more self-reliant. In recent news, Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that within a few years, Israel will no longer need America’s aid package for defense.

Based on Wikipedia, Israel was listed in seventh place for weapons exports, earning their share of 4.4% of global weapons exports. Here we may quote Isaiah 54:17: “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.”

For believers, the admonition of 1 Peter 5:8 is important: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” Furthermore, Ephesians 6:12 explains: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

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