Elbit Systems wins a $235 million contract for PULS launchers and EXTRA-MR rockets for a European country – the system Greece’s Army has also chosen

Israel’s Elbit Systems announced on Monday, October 19 a new European order for its PULS rocket artillery system. The company won a contract worth about $235 million to supply EXTRA-MR rockets and PULS launchers to a European customer whose name was not disclosed. The contract was concluded through a government-to-government agreement between Israel’s Ministry of Defense and the customer country’s defence ministry, and will be carried out over three years.

Under the G2G arrangement, the buyer’s counterparty is Israel’s Ministry of Defense and not the company directly. Elbit develops, manufactures, integrates and supports defence systems for multiple domains, and says it is seeing growing international demand for its rocket artillery systems.

What the package includes

Besides the launchers and rockets, the package includes additional platforms related to rocket artillery and complete logistics support. EXTRA-MR is the medium-range version of the supersonic EXTRA rocket system. According to Elbit, it is a precision-guided munition that can strike high-value targets at distances of up to 80 kilometres, is fully compatible with PULS and with existing command-and-control (C4I) architectures, and offers a flexible, low-cost solution for a wide range of missions.

“The contract further strengthens Elbit Systems’ position as a global leader in rocket artillery systems and reflects the growing international demand for our rockets and launchers,” said the company’s president and CEO, Bezhalel Machlis. He added that PULS and the company’s precision rocket solutions have been chosen by a growing number of customers, among them European states and NATO members.

PULS in Europe and in Greece

PULS (Precise & Universal Launching System) is a multiple launcher that can fire different types of rockets and missiles from the same platform, with ranges from short-range rockets to the long-range munitions of the family. The system has already been selected by several European countries, and a European version, Euro-PULS, is also being developed in Europe.

The Hellenic Army has also chosen PULS. The signatures for the Israeli PULS were put down in April, after the programme was discussed in the Greek Parliament, as part of the wider effort to modernise Greek rocket artillery and give the Army long-range precision fires.