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Israel Selects Iron Fist Light Decoupled From Elbit

Illustration of Iron Fist Light Decoupled onboard EITAN [ image via Elbit]
The Israeli Ministry of Defense has selected Elbit Systems’ Iron Fist Light Decoupled Active Protection System for the EITAN Armoured Fighting Vehicle.

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Press Release, Haifa, 20 August 2019: Elbit Systems announces that following a competitive bid, the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMoD) selected Iron Fist Light Decoupled (IFLD), the Company’s Active Protection System (APS), for the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) EITAN new eight-wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) and the D-9 Bulldozer. The award of the contract for the programme is subject to completion of negotiations between the parties.

Iron Fist ‘Miss to Kill’ in action [image via Elbit]

The selection of the IFLD for the IDF’s EITAN AFV comes on the heels of the decision by the U.S. Army to proceed with the IFLD for the Bradley AFV. IFLD uses independent optical sensors, tracking radar, launchers and countermeasure munitions to defeat threats at a safe distance from the defended combat vehicles. The system provides 360-degree protection coverage for close-range scenarios in both open terrain and urban environments. Its low size and weight, versatile high-performance, negligible residual penetration and ease of integration position IFLD as an optimal active protection solution for any fighting vehicle.

Yehuda (Udi) Vered, General Manager of Elbit Systems Land Division, said: “We are proud to have been selected by the IMoD to provide the IDF with such an important operational capability. The decision of the IMoD to prefer IFLD adds to the growing interest in this APS by many modern armed forces who seek to enhance protection capabilities for their AFVs.”

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