{"id":30480,"date":"2019-04-18T16:37:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T16:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/18\/israel-inks-deal-with-elbit-for-advanced-artillery-of-the-future\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:34:35","slug":"israel-inks-deal-with-elbit-for-advanced-artillery-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2019\/04\/18\/israel-inks-deal-with-elbit-for-advanced-artillery-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel inks deal with Elbit for advanced \u2018artillery of the future\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JERUSALEM \u2014 Israel has signed a deal that will further its plans to deploy \u201cartillery of the future,\u201d the Ministry of Defense announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel\u2019s future artillery effort could solve operational challenges the country faces in the north, potentially in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. It also represents a commitment to investing in its ground forces in future conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retired Gen. Udi Adam, the director general of the MoD, signed a deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2019\/03\/27\/with-imi-acquisition-elbit-looks-to-be-a-one-stop-shop-for-defense-needs\/\" target=_blank>with Elbit Systems<\/a> for the development and acquisition of \u201cadvanced artillery systems to replace the existing ones\u201d fielded by the Israel Defense Forces, the ministry announced March 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is one of the largest and most complex procurement plans in the history of the ground forces,\u201d the ministry added. The system is expected to be deployed over the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel has carried out initial tests of the technology and identified engineering challenges. \u201cThe next stage of development has begun: prototype production and preparations for serial production,\u201d the ministry noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a high-ranking retired officer with knowledge of this technology, the decision is no small matter. After the Second Lebanon War, he said, the need to improve Israel\u2019s artillery wasn\u2019t a priority, but now \u201cas big and strong as the Air Force is, the ground forces need close suppose in immediate time in all-weather conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2019\/04\/17\/these-are-the-five-areas-where-the-air-force-wants-to-see-an-explosion-of-technology\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AF3.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">These are the five areas where the Air Force wants to see an explosion of technology<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Air Force released its new science and technology strategy on April 17.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The challenge is finding a system that is more accurate and efficient than the aging M109 155mm howitzers that are a backbone of the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel previously considered Elbit\u2019s ATMOS (Autonomous Truck Mounted howitzer System), a 155mm self-propelled howitzer, for the gun. And <a href=\"https:\/\/en.globes.co.il\/en\/article-defense-ministry-wants-israeli-made-artillery-1001174668\" target=_blank>according to local daily Globes<\/a>, in 2017 Israel Aerospace Industries, Israel Military Industries, and German firms Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall jointly pitched a system to Israel\u2019s MoD for a program worth about $800 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KMW and Rheinmetall make the Panzerhaubitze 2000 advanced artillery system that can fire 10 rounds a minute and has seen action in Afghanistan. However, Israel has <a href=\"https:\/\/en.globes.co.il\/en\/article-elbit-systems-selected-to-develop-idf-artillery-capability-1001184031\" target=_blank>shown a preference<\/a> toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israeldefense.co.il\/en\/node\/29649\" target=_blank>locally produced<\/a> systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IDF wants a cannon with a high rate of fire and a 155mm, 52-caliber barrel capable of firing at a range of about 40 kilometers. Israel experimented with a system called Sholef in the 1980s. The deal signed last month represents Israel\u2019s next attempt to produce an indigenous system, building on the experience of South Korea\u2019s K9 Thunder, Sweden\u2019s Archer artillery system and the American-made XM2001 Crusader, which was never operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The high-ranking retired officer described the \u201cartillery of the future\u201d as a third-generation, fully automated system that incorporates the latest technology in command, control, communications, computers and intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe advanced system will be capable of automatic charging and laying,\u201d the ministry said in its announcement. \u201cThe system automatically selects, depending on the mission, the type of shell, detonator and required fuse, automatically loading.\u201d In other words, such capability reduces the number of soldiers needed to operate the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The retired officer added that having an advanced automated system without soldiers in the turret of the vehicle would be unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel\u2019s artillery corps is already making use of the newest technology, combining cannons with missiles, rockets and UAVs, and taking lessons learned from the 2014 Gaza War, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/02\/21\/israeli-artillery-corps-poised-for-longer-range-improved-precision-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\">need for precision<\/a> in urban combat. That tech includes systems such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2016\/07\/20\/israeli-army-taps-iais-topgun-for-precision-artillery-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">IAI\u2019s Top Gun<\/a>, the Tammuz missile and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s future artillery effort could solve operational challenges the country faces in the north, potentially in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":66467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":49,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[160,11,12,47,49,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3452],"class_list":["post-30480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-global","category-industry","category-mideast-africa","category-techwatch","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"HWKQBNN5QJBC7OJEROMENT37HM","arc_canonical_url":"\/industry\/techwatch\/2019\/04\/18\/israel-inks-deal-with-elbit-for-advanced-artillery-of-the-future\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israel inks deal with Elbit for advanced \u2018artillery of the future\u2019 - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Israel\u2019s future artillery effort could solve operational challenges the country faces in the north, potentially in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israel inks deal with Elbit for advanced \u2018artillery of the future\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Israel\u2019s future artillery effort could solve operational challenges the country faces in the north, potentially in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2019\/04\/18\/israel-inks-deal-with-elbit-for-advanced-artillery-of-the-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-18T16:37:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T22:34:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Seth J. 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