Elbit Systems UK sits at the centre of a dispute over whether British-based subsidiaries indirectly contribute to Israeli military supply chains through licensed exports and corporate links to their Israeli parent company, despite the firm’s continued denial that it manufactures or exports weapons to the Israel Defence Forces.

As the only Tier 1 partner in the global F-35 programme, the United Kingdom plays a deeply embedded role across manufacturing, weapons integration, engines, avionics, sustainment and export logistics, generating billions in contracts while raising mounting questions about accountability, export controls and complicity in overseas conflicts.