Elbit Systems’ UK Subsidiary Awarded $100 Million Contract to Provide Electronic Warfare Capabilities to the Royal Navy
Elbit Systems UK Ltd. ("Elbit Systems' UK subsidiary") was awarded a contract valued at approximately US$100 million (about £73 million) by Babcock International Group to provide the Royal Navy with new Electronic Warfare capabilities under Increment 1 of the Maritime Electronic Warfare System Integrated Capability (MEWSIC) Program. The contract will be performed over a period of 13 years and will include in-service support.
Under the Program, Elbit Systems UK will design, manufacture and deliver maritime Electronic Warfare (EW) suites comprised of fully digital full-spectrum Radar Electronic Support Measures (RESM) and EW Command and Control (EWC2) systems. These latest-generation technologies will enhance the situational awareness and anti-ship missile defense of front-line platforms and improve their capability to exploit the electromagnetic environment.
Elbit Systems is seeing a growing demand for its maritime portfolio of solutions. During the last three years, the company published several awards in this area: a contract to develop and deliver a new Combat Systems Operator Trainer in the Future Submarine School of the UK Royal Navy and modernization of legacy synthetic training systems across the Royal Navy; contracts to supply countries in the Asia Pacific with Anti-Submarine Warfare capabilities including USVs, sonars and Combat Management Systems, a contract to provide the SPECTRO XR multi-spectral electro-optic systems to maritime forces, a contract to deliver USVs for Mine Counter Measure missions, a contract to equip vessels with integrative intelligence suites, a contract to deliver Underwater Sound Source System for the Republic of Korea and a contract to supply combat suites and perform systems integration for the new patrol vessels of the Hellenic Coast Guard. In addition, Elbit Systems acquired Sparton Corporation, a U.S. company that is the premier developer, producer, and supplier of systems supporting Undersea Warfare for the U.S. Navy and allied Naval forces.
