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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/elbit-tunes-in-to-europe-and-unveils-next-gen-defense-products/

Elbit Unveils Next-Generation Defense Products for Europe

(Times of Israel) Shoshanna Solomon - As Europe contends with its huge influx of refugees and terror incidents, Elbit Systems, Israel's largest non-government-owned defense company, is proposing new technologies to meet the continent's growing and changing security needs. "There is reawakening" of defense spending in Europe, said Ran Kril, executive VP of international marketing and business development at Elbit, ahead of the Eurosatory defense and security exhibition in Paris next week. Elbit's SupervisIR system, to be unveiled for the first time at the exhibition, is a new infrared monitoring system - a box with a camera - that uses digital imaging and processing technologies to monitor borders or aerial spaces above cities up to a distance of 5 km. (3.1 miles). "Our system allows you to monitor a wider range of space at one glance," said Oded Ben David, VP of thermal systems at Elbit's ISTAR division. With advanced automatic detection, the system also alerts you to suspicious movement. Another new Elbit product is a radar system that detects movement through foliage - today a blind spot for radar.

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