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Sunday, February 7, 2021
Defense News: Elbit Systems awarded $82 Million contract, NL protection systems
Elbit Systems awarded $82 Million contract, NL protection systems
The company was also awarded a major contract to supply armored personnel carriers to a country in Asia.
COPAS system installed on a CV90 armored combat vehicle (photo credit: ELBIT SYSTEMS)
Elbit Systems said on
Sunday that it was awarded an approximately $82 million contract from
BAE Systems Hägglunds to supply the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) with
Active Protection Systems (APS) and electro-optical commander sights.
According to the company, the contract will be performed over a period of four and a half years.
It
added that under the contract and as part of the modernization program
led by BAE, Elbit will equip CV90 armored combat vehicles of the RNLA
with Iron Fist APS and Commander Open Architecture Panoramic Sights
(COAPS).
Iron Fist is a
lightweight system that uses optical sensors, tracking radars, launchers
and countermeasure munitions to defeat threats at a safe distance, with
negligible residual penetration.
COAPS is a modular dual-axis
stabilized sight that facilitates fire-control computation and
long-range target acquisition in day and night, in both stationary and
mobile situations.
Yehuda
(Udi) Vered, General Manager of Elbit Systems, said in response to the
announcement that the company is “pleased with the opportunity to
cooperate with BAE Systems Hägglunds and to support this important
modernization program of the RNLA.”
Also on Sunday, Elbit said that it was awarded a contract valued at
approximately $46 million to supply VBTP 6X6 Armored Personnel Carriers
(APCs) to the army of a country in Asia-Pacific.
It added that the contract will be performed over a three-year period.
According
to a press release, Elbit will supply the VBTP 6X6 wheeled APCs that
were developed by Iveco Defense Vehicles in cooperation with the
Brazilian Army.
Iveco Defense Vehicles VBTP 6X6 APC The VBTP 6X6 APCs will be equipped with Elbit’s turrets and a range of
the company’s subsystems including electric drive and stabilization
systems, fire control systems, TORCH-XTM battle management systems,
E-LynXTM software-defined radio systems, and gunner and commander sights
as well as life support systems, Elbit said. In
response to the signing of this contract, Vered said that his company
welcomes the continuous co-operation with Iveco, “particularly with our
capacity to contribute to the export efforts of the Brazilian defense industry. “We
believe that our strong portfolio of subsystems positions us
advantageously to lead procurement programs of armored vehicles,
especially as the missions they are tasked with are becoming more
diverse and increasingly networked,” he said.
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