Twenty-Six Defense

Twenty-Six Defense is the US operating segment of Elbit Systems and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Formerly Elbit Systems of America, also known as Elbit America, it has operated under its new name since 9 September 2026. It is wholly owned by Elbit Systems, remains a reportable operating segment of the group and operates under a Special Security Agreement. The company states more than 3,300 US employees at 16 locations in eight states and revenue of $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2025. Elbit America continues as a division that offers the Elbit Systems portfolio to the US market, while the former Sparton DeLeon Springs and its subsidiary Logos Technologies now operate as Twenty-Six Defense Maritime in DeLeon Springs, Florida.

In unmanned systems the company offers the SkyStriker B4E launched effects platform, a loitering munition for reconnaissance and strike missions, for which it reports active US production lines. The US Army evaluated its SlingWorks launched effects system, with SkyStriker integrated, at Yuma Proving Ground during the CFWE 26 experiment. For counter-UAS it offers Iron Shield, a system for homeland and naval defence built around the MATR-X X-band AESA radar and layered effectors; MATR-X has been demonstrated in US Navy experiments. Its imaging sensors for unmanned aircraft include the BlackKite-I infrared wide-area surveillance system and MicroKestrel, a wide-area motion imagery sensor for tethered Group 1 UAS.

The wider portfolio covers night vision devices such as the AN/PSQ-44 (ENVG-B), helmet-mounted and cockpit displays, the XM1168 mobile mortar system, the Rampage air-to-ground missile and, under the Sparton brand, sonobuoys for the US Navy.