Elbit Systems Australia

Canberra: Head Office, Level 3, AMA House 42 Macquarie St Barton ACT
Melbourne: UNKNOWN at present time, Fisherman’s Bend Port Melbourne VIC Phone : + 61 3 8644 1600
Brisbane: 562 Curtin Avenue East Eagle Farm QLD
Phone : + 61 3 8644 1600

Officially headquartered in Canberra, Elbit has major offices and weapons factories in Brisbane and Melbourne, with training staff also located at Commonwealth facilities in Townsville and Canungra (Qld); Duntroon (ACT); Puckapunyal and Wondonga (Vic).

Weapons manufacturer Elbit is a major Israeli company and a key supplier to the Israeli Defence Force, with subsidiaries in the US, Australia and Brazil. Elbit’s drones patrol the wall around Palestine as well as the US-Mexico border. Elbit manufactures virtually every kind of weapon there is, from cannons to killer robots, including cannons capable of firing cluster bombs and white phosphorous munitions, used in Israeli attacks on Gaza and allegedly used on the people of Nduga in West Papua.

In February 2024 the Australian government awarded Elbit Systems a $917 million contract to deliver “advanced protection, fighting capabilities and sensors suite” to the Hanwha-made Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles, also known as IFV’s (shown below) for the Australian Army. Almost $1 billion dollars of our money is going to this harms dealer during a genocide.

In 2023, Elbit made $6 Billion USD from dirty weapons sales, with $17.8 billion worth of weapons on back order. In their 2023 annual report, Elbit warned that their business relies on the support of governments around the world to make contracts with them. Elbit relies on conferences like Land Forces to survive. Imagine the impact we can have by shutting down land Forces!

Cluster bombs have been used by Israel in Lebanon and Syria. Elbit claimed in 2019 that they do not produce cluster bombs, however Elbit continues to produce artillery systems capable of launching cluster bombs.

Elbit appears to have supplied Myanmar’s military with a range of weapons, including armed drones, both for the genocide against the Rohingya and in the suppression of the democracy protest movement.

Customers include India and the Philippines, Chile and Colombia, along with the US – all countries where frequent abuses against civilians are reported, involving sophisticated weaponry and police or military collaboration. In February and March of 2021, Elbit announced major new sales of UAVs and tanks to ‘an unnamed SE Asian country’.

Pyne represents DroneShield as a lobbyist. Pyne became a lobbyist for Elbit as soon as legally possible, after securing $89 million worth of contracts for Elbit while Australia’s Defence Minister. Pyne arranged a ‘meet the arms dealers’ do at Parliament House, spruiking Elbit weapons to sympathetic MPs. No Greens MPs were invited, however Lidia Thorpe and Jordan Steele John gate-crashed the event. Senator Steel John called it “one of the most egregious and sickening examples of the revolving door of former politicians becoming lobbyists for their big corporate mates that I have seen.”

In February 2021 Elbit Australia partnered with the Victorian government to launch a Victorian Research Centre of Excellence Artificial Intelligence, autonomy and robotics to “drive the research, development and commercialisation of defence technologies… Utilising specialist Australian engineers, Elbit’s new Port Melbourne-based Centre will work with Victorian universities and research organisations to foster collaboration within the innovation ecosystem, create new products and develop existing research discoveries into licensed products.” Translated, this means using brilliant scientific minds to create new weapons for sale.

Elbit sales to Indonesia for use in West Papua

Elbit-EOS T2000 turret

The EOS-Elbit T2000 ‘turret with the works’ was a proud collaboration between Australian company EOS and Elbit Systems Australia. The ‘turret with the works’ has since been sold to Indonesia, for use on Czech Pandur tanks. EOS’ CEO Ben Greene promotes the T2000 as supporting a wide range of ‘lethality solutions’ and having ‘unprecedented firepower‘.

Apache Aviator Integrated Helmet, to be paired with Boeing Apache attack helicopters.

In 2015 the Indonesian Air Force purchased 300 ‘AAIH’ from Elbit Systems America for $13.2 million USD. The Apache Aviator Integrated Helmet is a key component of the AH-64E’s Integrated Helmet and Display Sight System (IHADSS)-21 system for the Apache Guardian attack helicopter. Essentially it enables Apache crews to slave on-board guns and missiles to the helmet. Crews aim weapons simply by looking at targets.