Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on July 21 that it had signed a contract worth more than US$200m to provide "an unspecified number of special-mission aircraft developed by its Elta subsidiary" to a member nation of NATO. Although details remained sparse - including aircraft type, price and delivery schedule - at the time of writing in early August it had been reported that the contract is part of a larger deal. With lAI-Elta currently offering four types of special-mission aircraft based on While the exact aircraft type remained undisclosed at the time of writing, Israel Aerospace Industries' report on July 21 included an image of an Israeli Air Force G550 Nachshon Eitam CAEW/SIGINT platform Babak Taghvee Gulfstream's successful G550 business for airborne early warning and control (AEWC), air-to-ground surveillance, maritime patrol and specialised signals intelligence (SIGINT), it is of note that an image accompanying the firm's press release showed an Israeli Air Force G550 Nachshon Eitam Conformal Airborne Early Warning (CAEW)/Signals Intelligence platform.
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