Eitam

The G550's transformation into an air force asset was not a simple task, but today Israel is operating the type in two adapted versions: the "Eitam" AEW aircraft and the "Shavit" ELINT platform.

HEADLINES 2010

Eldad plans to establish a right-wing secular party called Hatikva, while Eitam hopes to find a place for himself in the Likud.

whither the national religious camp? 2008

Eldad plans to establish a right-wing secular party called Hatikva, while Eitam hopes to find a place for himself in the Likud.

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The data sheet for the G550 lists the business jet as having a range of 12,500km (6,750nm) and an endurance of 11h, and IAI has previously said that the Eitam can fly for over 9h above

HEADLINES 2010

In common with the Eitam, the ELINT aircraft carries a comprehensive self-protection system that is operated according to the known threats that it may encounter on operations.

HEADLINES 2010

Now equipped with its radar equipment and conformal antennas on each side of its fuselage, the modified Eitam is a windowless aircraft.

HEADLINES 2010

For the AEW mission, the Eitam carries the company's EL/W-2085 multi-sensor suite, which comprises four conformal L - and S-band radars, plus communication and electronic support measures, communications intelligence and ELINT capabilities and identification friend-or-foe equipment, plus various other antennas mounted on the fuselage.

HEADLINES 2010

In its Eitam airborne warning configuration, the G550 carries a sophisticated multi-sensor suite and six on-board operators.

HEADLINES 2010

Eitam emphasized "political unity" among the so-called nationalist parties.

Israpundit 2009

General Eitam said that reports that Israel has agreed to a cease fire are false and that the Security Cabinet had given Israel's Defense Forces the command to continue military operations.

Thunder Pig 2009