Elbit wins $260 million PULS rocket artillery deal from NATO

Israeli defense company Elbit Systems has won a contract worth about $260 million to supply PULS rocket artillery launchers and munitions to an unnamed NATO country in Europe, the company said Thursday.

The Haifa-based firm said in a release that the contract will be “performed over a period of 5 years.” It named the buyer only as “a European NATO member country” and didn’t say how many launchers or rockets the order covers.

“The continued selection of the PULS system by European and NATO customers reflects the system’s operational maturity, versatility and ability to address the evolving requirements of modern armed forces,” Bezhalel Machlis, Elbit’s president and CEO, said in the statement.

PULS stands for Precise & Universal Launching System. According to the company, it can fire “unguided rockets, precision-guided munitions, and missiles with various ranges” from a single launcher. Elbit also said the launcher is “fully adaptable to existing wheeled and tracked platforms,” which it said allows “significant reductions in maintenance and training costs.”

The release didn’t list the munitions in this package. When Elbit sold a $130 million rocket package to another unnamed European PULS user in April 2025, the order included the ACCULAR, with a range of up to 35 km (22 miles), the EXTRA, up to 150 km (93 miles), and the Predator Hawk, up to 300 km (186 miles).

Machlis tied the new award to the company’s growing business in Europe.

“This contract further reflects Elbit Systems’ long-term partnerships with European customers and our role in supporting major defense modernization programs across the region,” he said.

The deal follows another PULS order by less than four weeks. On Oct. 19, Elbit won a contract worth about $235 million for PULS launchers and EXTRA-MR guided rockets for a customer it described only as European. Israeli outlet Globes later reported, citing sources, that the buyer was Azerbaijan, which isn’t a NATO member. Elbit hasn’t confirmed that report.

Several NATO members have bought the system publicly. The Netherlands ordered 20 launchers in a $305 million contract in May 2023. Elbit delivered its first PULS launchers to Denmark that same year, and the Danes have received all eight they ordered.

Germany’s government approved the purchase of five PULS launchers in December 2024, bought in cooperation with the Netherlands to replace MARS II launchers given to Ukraine. The German Defense Ministry had first outlined the plan in 2023.

In April, Greece signed a $750 million deal for PULS launchers, rockets and loitering munitions. That contract runs four years, followed by 10 years of support.

Elbit employs over 21,000 people, per the release. The company reported $2,287.1 million in revenue for the three months ended June 30 and “an order backlog of $32.0 billion” as of that date. Elbit is scheduled to report its third-quarter results on Nov. 17.