Elbit Systems, the major defense electronics company based in Haifa, Israel, has won a $20 million, two-year supply contract for electro-optical surveillance and targeting systems. According to Elbit, the order was placed by an unspecified Asian country to help protect its coastlines. It will kit out dozens of maritime patrol aircraft with Elbit’s “CoMPASS” (Compact Multi-Purpose Advanced Stabilized System) payloads, which include four major electro-optic elements – thermal imaging, a color TV camera, a laser rangefinder/designator and a laser target illuminator.