10 Feb 03. Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ; ESLT) announced that it has been selected, as part of Thales Team, to participate in the final phase of the UK Watchkeeper Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) assessment. Elbit Systems will provide to Watchkeeper the class leading Hermes-180 and Hermes-450 advanced Unmanned Air Vehicles. The company's innovative design approach, state-of-the-art technologies and extensive experience in integrated UAV systems will support the team's high performance level and low risk solution for the Watchkeeper Program, as required by the UK MoD. Elbit Systems will now actively participate in the System Integration Assurance Phase (SIAP) as part of the Thales team, to demonstrate high level of confidence in rapid system introduction to service and provision of system required capabilities.