facility. In February 2016, Affinity Flying Services Limited, a joint venture between Elbit and Kellog, Brown and Root was awarded a £500 million contract to manage the "UK Military Flight Training System" (UKMFTS) program for the Ministry of Defence, to deliver aircrew training for over an 18-year period. On 19 May 2021, during the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, four members of the Palestine Action group dressed in red boiler suits climbed onto the roof of an Elbit Systems-owned drone factory in Meridian Business Park, Leicester. The occupation lasted six days, and a total of 10 arrests were made for conspiracy to commit criminal damage and aggravated trespass. The group have staged similar occupations of Elbit Systems sites in Bristol, Oldham in collaboration with Extinction Rebellion and Tamworth in collaboration with Animal Rebellion. As of 2023, Elbit closed its Oldham factory and London headquarters. North America United States – Elbit owns several companies in the United States through its American subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America (ESA):The elbit systems of America operates under a Special Security agreement with a proxy board, allowing it to function independently and separately from its parent company. Elbit Systems of America (ESA) is incorporated in Delaware EFW in Fort Worth, Texas (the EFW facility also houses ESA's home office) EFW manufactures components for the F-16, V-22, and Bradley Fighting Vehicle, among other programs. It was initially the electronics manufacturing facility for General Dynamics operations in Fort Worth; when GD sold its aviation business to Lockheed Martin the latter was not interested in the facility which was then sold to Elbit. IEI in Talladega, Alabama (formerly International Enterprises, Inc.) Kollsman Inc. in Merrimack, New Hampshire (founded in 1928 by Paul Kollsman, who invented barometers and instrument flight in airplanes) Kollsman is a subcontractor to Boeing on SBInet, a high-tech security system for the U.S.-Mexico border in conjunction with the United States Department of Homeland Security. Talla-Com in Tallahassee, Florida Innovative Concepts, Inc. (ICI) in McLean, Virginia, purchased in November 2008 from Herley Industries VSI in San Jose, California (a joint venture with Rockwell Collins, formerly known as Vision Systems International; Elbit and Rockwell Collins each own 50%) UAS Dynamics in Fort Mill, South Carolina (originally a 50–50 joint venture with General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products; on December 1, 2011, Elbit purchased GD's 50% share) M7 Aerospace, formerly Fairchild Dornier Aviation in San Antonio, Texas Night Vision division of