Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems announced over the weekend that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $50 million from the Portuguese Defense Ministry to supply the Portuguese Air Force with a complete Electronic Warfare (EW) suite and Customer Logistics Support for the new KC-390 multi-mission aircraft. The contract will be performed over a five-year period.
Under the contract, Elbit will supply the Portuguese Air Force's KC-390 aircraft with a complete EW suite comprised of Radar and Laser Warning Systems, IR Missile Warning System, Countermeasures Dispensing System, a Directional IR Countermeasures system and Active ECM (AECM) POD system.
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"The Portuguese Air Force is a long-standing strategic partner of Elbit Systems and we are proud of this contract award to provide enhanced survivability for their new fleet of KC-390 aircraft," said Edgar Maimon, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Elbit Systems Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence Unit.
Last week, Elbit also announced that it was selected by the Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport to provide the Swiss Armed Forces with an army-wide tactical Software Defined Radio (SDR) solution under the Telecommunications Armed Forces (TK A) program, Ersa mob Komm.
Contract award is subject to Swiss Parliament approvals.
The solution that will be supplied by Elbit Systems to the Swiss Armed Forces is based on the open architecture E-LynX SDR family.
Bezhalel Machlis, President and CEO of Elbit Systems, said, "We are proud to have been selected to provide such an important capability to the Swiss Armed Forces. 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 the Swiss industry."
