{"id":32206,"date":"2023-10-30T20:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/30\/leonardo-elbit-units-to-prototype-targeting-device-for-us-army\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:43:43","slug":"leonardo-elbit-units-to-prototype-targeting-device-for-us-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/industry\/2023\/10\/30\/leonardo-elbit-units-to-prototype-targeting-device-for-us-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonardo, Elbit units to prototype targeting device for US Army"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army selected two companies to develop prototypes of a next-generation laser targeting system that troops can carry and use in the field to scout locations and coordinate strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Leonardo DRS, the Virginia-based subsidiary of Italy\u2019s Leonardo SpA, and Elbit Systems of America, a unit of Israel\u2019s Elbit Systems Ltd., will work on the Joint Effects Targeting System II<\/a> project, or JETS II, according to contract announcements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither company disclosed the value of the preliminary agreements, which will run for more than two years. An original JETS manufacturing contract awarded in 2016 was worth almost $340 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The JETS setup resembles a pair of futuristic, heavy-duty binoculars. It features high-end sensors, such as a rangefinder, thermal imager and celestial compass, and can connect to other digital systems to pass along information<\/a>. JETS II is expected to be compatible with coordinate-seeking, laser-guided and conventional munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\t