It can be said that the month of August, which is rather weak in terms of orders, was good for the Israeli company Elbit, based in Haifa.
In total, the company was able to acquire new orders worth 740 million US dollars.
The biggest take was domestic. Elbit Systems awarded a Contract of approximately 340 million US dollars for the supply of ammunition to the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Elbit Systems announced in August too that it was awarded a contract worth approximately 270 million US dollars to supply rocket artillery to an international customer. The contract will be performed over a period of 4 years.
Finally, Elbit was awarded a contract worth approximately $130 million to supply Iron Fist Active Protection Systems (APS) to BAE Systems Hägglunds. The systems will be installed on the CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) as part of a project in a European country. The contract will be performed over a period of five and a half years.
The Iron Fist APS is an advanced Hard Kill system aimed at enhancing the self-defense capabilities of armored platforms against modern battlefield threats. It is the Israel Defense Force’s Second-Generation APS and is characterized by high performance and low volume, weight, and power requirements.
Iron Fist on Cv90 | Photo: BAE Systems Hägglunds
The system provides armored platforms with 360-degree protection from a wide variety of anti-armor threats, such as Anti-Tank Rockets (ATR), Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM), UAS, and Loitering threats, in both open terrain and complex urban environments. (quote edited/selected/curated by Naftali Hirschl based on the press release of Elbit).
Next steps
Fundamentally, however, the large orders from the State of Israel are missing. There must be massive investments in an independent ecosystem for weapons production. Israel must become 100% independent. It must never happen again that Israel cannot wage and win its wars because alleged allies do not want this.
Politicians once again seem to be failing to implement the urgently needed state reforms and are demonstrating a lack of strategic courage. Investments of at least three-digit billions are needed here. Israel should quickly look for suitable partners, such as India and Musk.
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(based on a press release by Elebit. Adapted/selected/shortened/edited by VonNaftali)
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