Israel’s Elbit wins $338m. contract for Swiss advanced army radio system

Haifa-based defense firm Elbit Systems has won a $338 million contract to supply advanced communications solutions to the Swiss Armed Forces. The contract was awarded by the Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport on Thursday. It provides a tactical mobile Software Defined Radio (SDR) network solution for the Swiss Telecommunications Armed Forces digitization program. The six-year contract was awarded after more than three years of extensive technical and field evaluations by the Federal Office for Defense Procurement and the Swiss Armed Forces. The digital mobile network solution to be provided is based on the E-LynXTM family of open architecture SDR, enabling fast, reliable and secure communication across the Swiss Armed Forces, Elbit said in a press release. According to Haim Delmar, general manager of Elbit Systems C4I and Cyber: “Switzerland is a strategic market for us, and we will continue with our efforts to support the Swiss Armed Forces and expand our cooperation with Swiss industry. This contract award underlines the growing recognition by European Armed Forces of the E-LynX mobile SDR solution as the favored enabler for advanced military mobile networking and digitization.”

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