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Companies Providing Arms to the Israeli Military*

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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