US EditionNATO Suspends Elbit Systems Amid Bribery Scandal
Elbit Systems and subsidiary barred from new NATO contracts amid bribery probe involving millions of euros and multiple arrests across seven countries, agency documents show.
- The NATO Support and Procurement Agency suspended Elbit Systems, Israel's largest defence company, and its subsidiary Orion Advanced Systems on July 31, barring them from new tenders and freezing ongoing contracts.
- Amid allegations of irregular contract awards, NSPA documents cite serious irregularities and sanctionable practices, while investigators focus on former NSPA officials turned consultants exploiting insider access.
- In May, police raids across seven nations resulted in arrests, including former Belgian defence official Guy M., whom Belgian investigators say handled bribes worth €1.9 million.
- Several contracts — including ammunition for truck-mounted howitzers, mobile rocket artillery systems and Orion Advanced Systems detonators — are frozen, disrupting supply to NATO member states' armed forces.
- The NSPA, led by Stacy Cummings, now faces heightened scrutiny as the agency’s profile has grown since 2022 and it is projected to spend €9.5 billion this year, while two U.S. probes dropped in July raise questions.
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On Wednesday, 8 December, media reports revealed that thirteen contracts with the NATO agency were suspended as a matter of urgency, affecting the delivery of equipment to some foreign armies.
Elbit Systems is no longer allowed to participate in NATO tenders because the Israeli defense company is being investigated for possible corruption. This is according to an investigation by Knack, Le Soir, La Lettre, and Follow The Money (FTM). All ongoing collaborations between NATO and the company have been suspended.
Elbit Systems supplies weapons systems to Germany and other NATO states. At least in the framework of NATO, further orders should be on ice - the defence alliance responds to allegations against the Israeli military giant.
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der Standard DEElbit, Israel's largest armaments company, may be involved in criminal practices, according to media reports relating to procurement procedures
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