  The scientific detector systems for the ESO ELT first-light instruments,
HARMONI, MICADO, and METIS, together will require 27 science detectors:
seventeen 2.5 $\mu$m cutoff H4RG-15 detectors, four 4K x 4K 231-84 CCDs, five
5.3 $\mu$m cutoff H2RG detectors, and one 13.5 $\mu$m cutoff GEOSNAP detector.
This challenging program of scientific detector system development covers
everything from designing and producing state-of-the-art detector control and
readout electronics, to developing new detector characterization techniques in
the lab, to performance modeling and final system verification. We report
briefly on the current design of these detector systems and developments
underway to meet the challenging scientific performance goals of the ELT
instruments.
