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(See “State-owned Israeli War Industries,” pp.48-49.) For its part, Honeywell pro- vided “Fluidic Thrust Vector Control diverter valves …to deliver trajectory correction” for the MLRS, made by Lockheed Martin. (See table, “CPP In- vestments,” p.53.) Israel used the MLRS against Lebanon in 2006. In reporting on two large US weapons-transfers requested by Israel in 2004 and 2007, the US Department of Defense stated that among the “prin- cipal contractors” would be Honeywell and Lockheed Martin. The munitions in question included warheads and weapons fuses valued at $319 million (in 2004) and $465 million (in 2007). The 2004 export was to include 10,000 “live bombs,” 160 “inert bombs” and 9,500 “live fuze components.” The 2007 export deal was to include 10,000 tail kits for Joint Direct Attack Muni- tions, 4,000 full kits for various war- heads, 13,550 “live bombs,” and 20,000 “live fuze components.” Lycoming (now part of Honey- well) manufactured LTS101 turboshaft engines to power Eurocopter HH-65A “Dolphin” military helicopters, which are operated by Israel. Honeywell has a “Store Front” agreement with the Israel Aerospace In- dustries (IAI). (See “State-owned Is- raeli War Industries,” pp.48-49.) This agreement is with IAI’s subsidiary, the Bedek Aviation Group. IAI also incor- porates Honeywell en- gines, such as the T53, into the aircraft that it builds. Honeywell tor- pedoes arm the Israeli Navy’s Sa’ar V cor- vettes. One of these warships was used in Is- rael’s attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in May 2010, killing nine hu- man rights activists, and injured dozens more. Data obtained by the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade from the “Government Contracts USA Defense Depart- ment” database show that between 1999 and 2009, Honeywell received over 700 contracts worth US$489 million for products and services related to three major, US-made weapons systems of the kind sold to Israel. These weapons systems, the AH-64 attack helicopter, and the F-15 and F-16 warplanes, were used in Israel’s air strikes against Leba- non (2006), and Gaza (2008-2009). 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Spring 2012 (Issue # 66) Press for Conversion! 39

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Honeywell can still brag that it“leads the industry in precision di-rectional control of kinetic warheadsfor ballistic missile interceptors. Wehelped pioneer…solid propulsionreaction controls for missile inter-ceptors on the LEAP, AIT and SM-3 [weapons systems] and developeda new family of advanced high tem-perature Jet Reaction Controls toprovide unmatched agility, maneu-verability and end-game lethality totactical missiles and precisionguided munitions such as IsraeliMilitary Industry’s Multiple LaunchRocket System [MLRS].” (Empha-sis added.)

HP’s pride in providing “end-game lethality” for Israel’s M270MLRS missile system is telling. Thecontract to build “Trajectory Correc-tion Systems” to upgrade the accuracyof this rocket artillery was won by Is-

rael Military Industries (IMI), a largegovernment-owned weapons firm. (See“State-owned Israeli War Industries,”pp.48-49.) For its part, Honeywell pro-vided “Fluidic Thrust Vector Controldiverter valves …to deliver trajectorycorrection” for the MLRS, made byLockheed Martin. (See table, “CPP In-vestments,” p.53.) Israel used theMLRS against Lebanon in 2006.

In reporting on two large USweapons-transfers requested by Israelin 2004 and 2007, the US Departmentof Defense stated that among the “prin-cipal contractors” would be Honeywell

and Lockheed Martin. The munitionsin question included warheads andweapons fuses valued at $319 million(in 2004) and $465 million (in 2007).The 2004 export was to include 10,000“live bombs,” 160 “inert bombs” and9,500 “live fuze components.” The2007 export deal was to include 10,000tail kits for Joint Direct Attack Muni-tions, 4,000 full kits for various war-heads, 13,550 “live bombs,” and20,000 “live fuze components.”

Lycoming (now part of Honey-well) manufactured LTS101 turboshaftengines to power Eurocopter HH-65A“Dolphin” military helicopters, whichare operated by Israel.

Honeywell has a “Store Front”agreement with the Israel Aerospace In-dustries (IAI). (See “State-owned Is-raeli War Industries,” pp.48-49.) Thisagreement is with IAI’s subsidiary, theBedek Aviation Group. IAI also incor-

porates Honeywell en-gines, such as the T53,into the aircraft that itbuilds.

Honeywell tor-pedoes arm the IsraeliNavy’s Sa’ar V cor-vettes. One of thesewarships was used in Is-rael’s attack on the GazaFreedom Flotilla in May2010, killing nine hu-man rights activists, andinjured dozens more.

Data obtained bythe Coalition to Opposethe Arms Trade from the“Government ContractsUSA Defense Depart-ment” database showthat between 1999 and

2009, Honeywell received over 700contracts worth US$489 million forproducts and services related to threemajor, US-made weapons systems ofthe kind sold to Israel. These weaponssystems, the AH-64 attack helicopter,and the F-15 and F-16 warplanes, wereused in Israel’s air strikes against Leba-non (2006), and Gaza (2008-2009).

Honeywell received US$48.1million in AH-64 contracts, includingthe maintenance and repair of weaponsand aircraft structural components, thesupply of aircraft gunnery fire-controlcomponents, radar equipment, optical

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Although its consumer prod-ucts have made Honeywell ahousehold name, the company

is not generally seen as one of theworld’s leading war industries. But itis. With assets of about US$38 billion,and military-related revenues reachingUS$5.4 billion in 2010, Honeywell isthe world’s 15th largest weapons maker.Honeywell is, in fact, part of the con-sortium that manages and operates the

Pantex Plant in Texas, where all USnuclear bombs are assembled. AlthoughHoneywell’s military revenues usuallyaccount for less than 15% of its totalbusiness, the company has – since 1999– almost always ranked within theworld’s top 15 war industries.

Honeywell also consistentlyranks as a top Pentagon supplier. Dur-ing the 2000s, with sales of US$14.1billion to the US military, Honeywellwas 20th on the Pentagon’s supplier list.

Although it spun off its clusterbomb-making “defense division” tocreate Alliant Techsystems in 1990,

Press for Conversion! (Issue # 66) Spring 201240

about 3,000 cars – are Hyundai Ac-cents, manufactured at the...Izmitplant in western Turkey. The pretaxvalue of the export of these cars toIsrael is estimated at $22-25 million.”

The other tender was to “leasecars to IDF majors...through HyundaiMotors Israel Ltd., with its I20 model,”which are also made in Turkey. Globesestimated that the “value of the I20s thatwill be exported to Israel for deliveryto the IDF is [US]$6-8 million.”

In 2006, Globes reported that in“the first stage of a military contract”the IDF received “hundreds of Hyun-dai Getz and Mitsubishi Lancers.” (SeeHyundai Motors, p.40, and Mitsubishiin table, “CPP Investments,” p.53.)

ReferencesMain Productswww.rotem.co.kr/Eng/Business/Machine/Info/introduce.asp

Hyundai Rotemen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Rotem

Shipbuildingenglish.hhi.co.kr/business/shipbuilding.asp

“Hyundai to Open Research and DevelopmentCenter in Israel,” Globes, August 28 , 1997.www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=350036

Daniel Schmil, “Hyundai pulls ahead of Mazdaas No. 1 car,” Haaretz Daily, May 4, 2011.www.haaretz.com/themarker/hyundai-pulls-ahead-of-mazda-as-no-1-car-1.354131

“Hyundai should make reciprocal procurementsin Israel,” March 2, 2005.www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=889916

News, Hyundaiwww.moital.gov.il/NR/exeres/44429FAB-FFA9-42AE-94EB-D352B7C3BF23,frameless.htm

Dubi Ben-Gedalyahu, “IDF officers leasing dealworth $30m to Turkey,” Globes, June 23, 2010.www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000568992

“Colmobil benefits from IDF deliveries in Janu-ary,” Globes, February 2, 2006.www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000057515

sighting and ranging equipment, engineand fuel system components, and flightinstruments.

Its F-15 contracts, valued atUS$207.3 million, included the main-tenance and repair of weapons, and thesupply of weapons fire-control equip-ment, weapon system hardware, navi-gation, flight, engine and communica-tion instruments, electrical motors, andwheel and brake systems.

Honeywell’s F-16 contracts,amounting to US$233.7 million, werefor such products and services as gun-nery and bombing fire-control compo-nents, navigational and flight instru-ments, transmission equipment and en-gine components, electronic microcir-cuits, and maintenance and repair ofengine accessories.

ReferencesTop 100 Defense Contractors, Defense Newswww.defensenews.com

Top 100 Defense Contractors, Gov’t Executivewww.govexec.com

Pantex Planten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantex

2010 Form 10-K< Honeywell International, Inc.www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000093041311000961/c63936_10-k.htm

Contracts to Honeywell, Inc.www.fedspending.org/fpds/search.php

Reaction Control Systemswww.honeywell.com/sites/portal?smap=aerospace&page=Missles_Munitions3&theme=T5&catID=C47E27B3A-58A6-A2E2-09FE-769AD775C886&id=HE116FC86-D68F-7C29-5773-DEE8021725CE&sel=8&c=n

Reaction Control Systemswww51.honeywell.com/aero/common/documents/myaerospacecatalog-documents/Missiles-Munitions/Reaction_Control_Systems_%28Tactical%29.pdf

Israel–Joint Direct Attack Munitions, June 1, 2004.www.dsca.mil/pressreleases/36-b/2004/israel_%2004-09.pdf

Israel – Various Munitions and Weapon Systems,August 3, 2007.www.dsca.mil/pressreleases/36-b/2007/Israel_07-32.pdf

Components Divisionwww.iai.co.il/sip_storage/FILES/1/35711.pdf

Lycoming LTS101en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_LTS101

References to Honeywell in IAI websitewww.iai.co.il/35439-en/BusinessAreas.aspx?PageNum=1&SearchText=honeywell&Group=0&Unit=0

Martin Broek, Ali Abunimah and Carlo Tom-bola and Wendela de Vries, “European andAmerican weapons in Israeli attack on Gaza Flo-tilla,” June 15, 2010.stopwapenhandel.org/publicaties/factsheets/israel_flotilla_attack.html

Government Contracts USA Defense Dep’twww.governmentcontractswon.com

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To most, Hyundai – which means“modernity” in Korean – prob-ably conjures up images of fuel-

efficient compact cars. Indeed, one ofthe company’s main divisions, the Hy-undai Motor Co. (HMC), is the world’sfourth largest car manufacturer.

But an HMC subsidiary –originally called Koros – churnsout fuel-guzzling battle tanks, ar-moured troop carriers and tank-gunnery trainers. Koros, whichmade trains, is an acronym forKorea Rolling Stock. However,in Japanese, the word korosumeans “to kill.” Although thiswas quite apt, the Koros namewas changed to Rotem in 2002.

In 1997, Hyundai defiedthe Arab boycott and set up anIsraeli R&D centre. HMC cars are nowIsrael’s most popular, surpassing com-petitors Mazda and Mitsubishi. (See ta-ble, “CPP Investments,” p.53.)

Because HMC has received lu-crative contracts from Israel’s military,it is obliged to reciprocate with invest-ments in the country. The government’sIndustrial Cooperation Authority said:

“HMC is committed to about $16 mil-lion worth of Industrial Cooperationactivities to be carried out with Isra-el’s high-tech and automotive indus-tries. The commitment stems, amongothers from the sale of Hyundai ve-hicles to Israel’s Ministry of Defense,and the Government Vehicle Admin-istration, which totalled since 2004up to 2010, 8,000 vehicles.”

Israel’s Globes newspaper re-ported on two large 2010 contracts wonby HMC to supply vehicles to officersof the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).These deals totalled between US$28and $33 million. Globes noted that

“most leased cars that will be sup-plied to IDF lieutenant colonels –

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