Elbit Systems has named Ziv Avni as vice president and head of tactical unmanned aerial systems and loitering munitions. Avni, who announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post, has served the company for over a decade in various lead positions. He most recently held the role of vice president for business development and marketing at...
Elbit Systems said it will deliver mortar systems to an unnamed European customer under a $53 million contract award. The deal requires the Israeli firm to deliver the Crossbow unmanned turreted 120 mm soft recoil mortar systems to General Dynamics European Land Systems for installation on the client’s Pandur 6×6 APC wheeled armored vehicle. Work...
Elbit Systems has secured a $50 million contract to equip an unnamed international customer with its Red Sky air defense system. Under the two-year agreement, the Israeli company will deliver two Red Sky batteries to enhance the client’s soft- and hard-kill defense capabilities. Elbit said the system offers protection against low-altitude aerial threats at an...
Elbit Systems has secured a $600 million contract to deliver systems for integration into the Australian Army’s fleet of Redback infantry fighting vehicles. The deal, part of Australia’s Land 400 Phase 3 Project, will provide “advanced protection, fighting capabilities and sensors suite” for the military vehicles, according to the Haifa, Israel-based contractor. The project, announced...
Israeli defense company Elbit Systems announced that a European country has ordered its Artillery Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence solution. Under the C4I purchase order, Elbit will provide digital fires capabilities to the unnamed buyer’s 155 mm howitzer battalions through the integration of the company’s artillery suite featuring the Torch-X Fires solution and E-Lynx...
Elbit Systems has partnered with S Uzina Automecanica Moreni, a subsidiary of state-owned CN Romarm, to increase artillery production in Romania. The companies have signed a cooperation agreement that will establish the Romanian Artillery Center, which will bolster the domestic industrial base and create the foundation for a stronger sovereign artillery production in the southeastern European nation....
The Netherlands has ordered anti-drone systems from Israel-based defense company Elbit Systems. Elbit will deliver the ReDrone counter-unmanned aerial systems under a four-year, $55 million contract. ReDrone comes with a command and control system, the DAiR X-band software-defined radar system, signal intelligence sensors and a COAPS-L electro-optical payload, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning...
Elbit Systems Sweden AB will manage the rollout of the LSS Mark tactical command support system as part of the Swedish Army’s digitalization. The company will serve as the LSS Mark integration partner for the Swedish Army over a 10-year period under an approximately $170 million contract. Under the deal, the Elbit Systems subsidiary will be in charge...
Israel’s Elbit Systems has secured a $135 million contract to build an artillery ammunition factory for an unnamed customer. According to the company, the agreement requires its technical knowledge and ammunition production experience to establish the factory, which the Haifa-based organization will construct and operate. The deal, to be performed over a two-year period, includes...
Airbus Defense and Space has awarded Elbit Systems a five-year contract for the installation of Direct Infrared Counter Measures and Infrared Missile Warning Systems on Canada’s Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport refueling aircraft. Elbit did not disclose the value of the contract it announced Monday but noted that the missile protection systems have been...
