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“$3,500,000 to Elbit Systems of America for Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System”

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Recipient Web Site:  Recipient Address:  (Flag)
12966 corby st
omaha, nebraska
68164
Recipient address as provided by Sponsor(s): (courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense)
4700 Marine Creek Parkway Fort Worth, TX
Are Top Personnel Listed on the Site? 
No
Is the Project Mentioned on the Site? 
No
Does the Recipient have Federal Contracts? 
Yes
Link to the Recipient's Federal Contracts (Fedspending.org):  Does the Recipient have Federal Grants? 
No
Did the recipient hire federal lobbyists? 
Yes
URL of Lobbying Data from OpenSecrets  Research contributed by:
dig_dug, bexarpork



Comments, notes, additional research...

bexarpork wrote:

http://www.vsi-hmcs.com/pages_hmcs/02_jhm.html website
displays "Joint Helmet...System". Elbit Systems of America is a subsiduary of one of Israel's largest defense electronics manufacturers, Elbit Systems Ltd., based in Haifa, Israel. Elbit Systems is also called EFW (Fort Worth, TX).

posted February 27, 2008 at 2:29 p.m.

bexarpork wrote:

Funding for Elbit systems contract for fiscal year 2007: $142,866,913.
The list of transactions is here: (copy/paste) http://www.usaspending.gov/fpds/fpds.php?&fiscal_year=2007&parent_id=228803&sortby=u&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&detail=2

posted February 28, 2008 at 3:27 p.m.

bexarpork wrote:

2007 Lobbying Expenditures: $160,000.

posted February 28, 2008 at 3:34 p.m.



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