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Breaking the rules/ London revokes $2.6 billion military contract to Israeli Elbit Systems

2026-01-15 21:05:00Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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The British government decided to disqualify the $2.6 billion bid by Israeli company Elbit Systems for training the English army, selecting the American giant Raytheon as the winner of the contract.

The decision follows reports of alleged wrongdoing by Elbi, first published in The Times. According to the Times, a whistleblower had compiled a dossier about Elbi's bid, which was shown to the British Ministry of Defence last August, although the report had been privately disclosed to the ministry months earlier.

Breaking the rules/ London revokes $2.6 billion military contract to Israeli

The filing alleged that Elbit UK had breached business appointments rules when Philip Kimber, a former British Army brigadier, allegedly shared information with the firm after leaving the military.

Kimber attended critical meetings at the firm to discuss the training contract he had once overseen at the ministry, the report alleged.

On one occasion, Kimber was present at an Elb meeting and sat out of view of a camera. He reportedly said he "shouldn't be there," according to the whistleblower's report.

In response to a Freedom of Information request, the Ministry of Defence later admitted that it had kept the file for seven months without investigating her claims. Internal sources at the ministry blamed the investigative delay on "administrative oversight".

A month after being pushed for the allegations by The Times, a senior civil servant completed a "security review" in September and found that business appointments rules had not been breached.

Other allegations related to lunches and dinners organized by Elbit UK to which civil servants at the heart of the contract decision-making process were invited.

A senior civil servant was reportedly invited to dinner seven times by Elbit, while rival Raytheon did not organize any events.

Mike Cooper, the senior officer responsible at Army Headquarters for the Army's training program, also traveled to Jerusalem with two senior British military officers.

He participated in a tourist tour funded by Elbit Systems, the parent company of the British branch.

In response to the allegations, a Ministry of Defence spokesperson said in a statement: "The Collective Training Transformation Programme will modernise training for soldiers to ensure the British Army can meet the threats of the future.

"We will not comment further until an announcement of the preferred bidder is made public in due course."

Amid growing criticism of Israel within the British military establishment, four former senior army officers, in a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, recently urged the government to stop involvement with Israeli-owned or Israeli-backed arms companies.

"Now is not the time to return to business as usual with the Israeli government," they wrote, calling for tougher sanctions.

Elbit has also secured a large arms contract from the Albanian government, but the details and amount are being kept secret. Meanwhile, just a month ago, NATO decided to exclude Elbit from its tenders, blacklisting it due to a major corruption scandal involving allegations of bribery and sanctionable practices./ Kapitali.al


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