Companies Providing Arms to the Israeli Military*
Courtesy of Global Exchange Israel Divestment Pages:
Bell Textron
- - Produces the Cobra Attack Helicopter.
Boeing
- - Produces the AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter, used to kill Palestinian civilians. Some of the other Boeing weapons in Israel's arsenal include other helicopters, fighter planes, and missiles. Israel owns 98 Boeing F-15 Eagle jets, each costing $38 million. A Boeing Hellfire Missile killed local Palestinian leader Hussein Abayat, along with two women standing nearby, in the second of half of October 2000.
Caterpillar
- - Sells armored bulldozers which are used to demolish homes and uproot olive trees.
General Dynamics
- - Manufactures the 20mm guns for Israel's F-16 jets and has supplied Israel with approximately one thousand M60A3 Main Battle Tanks.
General Electric
- - Makes engines for Apache Helicopters.
Hughes
- - Produces the TOW missile.
Lockheed Martin
- - Manufactures the Patriot Missile and the F-16 Fighting Falcon jet. Israel possesses 237 Fighting Falcons, each costing $34.3 million.
Northrop Grumman
- - Makes radar and weapons systems.
Oshkosh Truck Corporation
- - Makes tactical military trucks for Israel.
Raytheon
- - Produces a number of missiles used by Israel against the Palestinians, including the AGM 65 Maverick, Patriot, and AIM 9 Sidewinder.
United Technologies (through a subsidiary, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation)
- - Produces the Blackhawk Helicopter and the CH-53D Sea Stallion Helicopter. In 1997, Sikorsky was accused of diverting U.S. aid to Israel into a slush fund for an Israeli Air Force officer. "Our company's relationship of more than 40 years with Israel is a source of pride," said Sikorsky President Dean Borgman in a February 1, 2001 press release while announcing that his firm was awarded a $211.8 million contract with the Israeli Air Force.
* Sources: The World Policy Institute's Arms Trade Resource Center and Seattle's Palestine Information Project.
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