Elbit Systems Announced today (Thursday) that it has won a $ 338 million contract from the Swiss Ministry of Defense to provide the Swiss Army with a mobile tactical radio network solution, across the Army, as part of the Army’s communications digitization program. The contract will be executed over a period of six years.
Winning this contract is after more than three years of technical examinations and competitive and extensive field examinations between 15 companies from all over the world, under laboratory and field conditions, which were conducted by the Purchasing Manager at the Swiss Ministry of Defense and by the Swiss Army. The digital mobile network solution provided will be based on the E-LynXTM open source software family of radio software, enabling fast, reliable and secure communication across the Swiss Army.
E-LynX technology for digital military communications enables the existence of broadband communications for fast video transmission, text and voice, in a secure, reliable and stable manner, using lightweight and rugged end devices and an intuitive user interface.
Elbit is considered a world leader in the field of military digital communications, and Elbit’s digital communications systems (E-LynX) have been selected in recent years by a number of other armies, including the IDF, the Swedish army, the Dutch army and the Spanish army.
In less than a month, Elbit has released contracts on the islandA doctor worth more than half a billion dollars. $ 338 million for digital communications in Switzerland, $ 65 million for digital equipment for soldiers in the Netherlands, $ 27 million for upgrading onionic systems in Romania, $ 96 million for simulators connected to helicopters to the country in Europe.
Bezalel (Muddy) Machlis, President and CEO of Elbit Systems / Photo: Elbit PR Systems
Bezalel (Muddy) Machlis, President and CEO of Elbit Systems, said: “Switzerland is a strategic target market for us and we will continue our efforts to support the Swiss Army and expand our cooperation with the Swiss industry. “Winning this contract highlights the growing recognition among European armies of the E-LynX mobile software radio solution as a favorite for advanced mobile military networks and digitization.”