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Elbit Systems Wins $1.635 Billion Contract to Arm Unnamed European Nation

Analysts suggest Latvia is the likely recipient based on its earlier ASCOD IFV turret procurements.

File photo of a PULS system by Nicholas Drummond
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Israel National News

Overview

  • The five-year, $1.635 billion program includes precision rocket artillery, unmanned aerial platforms and AI-enabled loitering munitions.
  • Advanced ISTAR systems delivered will cover signals and communications intelligence, electronic warfare, electro-optical sensors, night vision and combat vehicle upgrades.
  • Elbit will deploy its Network Combat Solution, integrating a C4ISR architecture that connects strategic headquarters down to individual combat vehicles.
  • Industrial cooperation measures in the contract aim to strengthen the buyer’s domestic defense industry through offset obligations and local production partnerships.
  • The purchaser remains unnamed though analysts point to Latvia based on past ASCOD IFV turret acquisitions; human rights advocates have renewed contested critiques of Elbit’s role in Gaza operations.