Elbit to Supply EXTRA-MR Rockets and PULS Launchers to Unnamed European Buyer in $235 Million Deal

Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract worth approximately $235 million to supply EXTRA-MR guided rockets and PULS rocket artillery launchers to a European country it has declined to name, the latest in a string of rocket artillery sales the Israeli firm has made in Europe since 2023. The company announced the award on October 19, stating that it was concluded as a government-to-government agreement between the Ministry of Defence of Israel and its counterpart in the customer state, and that it will be performed over three years with additional rocket artillery platforms and integrated logistics support included. Neither the number of launchers nor the quantity of rockets was disclosed. The order highlights how PULS has become one of very few Western rocket artillery systems able to compete with the American M142 HIMARS for European orders, particularly as it fires munitions of several calibres from one vehicle.

The EXTRA-MR is a medium range variant of Elbit’s supersonic EXTRA rocket, the standard 306 millimetre version of which the company credits with a range of up to 150 kilometres, and the company’s catalogue describes the new variant as pairing satellite navigation with laser homing to reach a target 80 kilometres away in under three minutes regardless of weather. Chief executive Bezhalel Machlis stated that the award “strengthens Elbit Systems’ position as a global leader in rocket artillery systems.” The deal is far from the company’s first sale to an unnamed European client, with a contract worth approximately $130 million to supply rockets for PULS having been announced in April 2025, while Greece finalised a PULS order worth around €650 million in April 2026 covering what Israeli business daily Globes reported would be 36 launchers.

European demand for rocket artillery has grown considerably since 2022, as the war in Ukraine demonstrated the value of precision fires at ranges of 70 kilometres and beyond, while transfers of HIMARS and M270 launchers to Kiev and depleted Western stocks left several armies looking beyond American suppliers, much as Poland’s turn to Korean suppliers did for armour. The Royal Netherlands Army signed for 20 PULS systems in a contract worth $305 million in 2023 and Denmark ordered eight launchers in March that year, with Dutch crews having since fired the system at Breezanddijk and at NATO’s NAMFI range on Crete. Germany has ordered five initial launchers of the EuroPULS variant, developed by a joint venture between Elbit and KNDS, with deliveries reportedly expected in 2027 and a framework for up to 500 systems under discussion.

PULS carries two interchangeable pods, each holding 18 Accular rockets of 122 millimetre calibre with a range of 35 kilometres, four EXTRA rockets, or two Predator Hawk missiles with a range of up to 300 kilometres, letting one battery take on tasks many NATO armies have split between different launcher types. The U.S. Army credits the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System fired by HIMARS with a range of more than 70 kilometres, placing the 80 kilometre EXTRA-MR in the same band, while Predator Hawk offers a reach comparable to the MGM-140 ATACMS at a time when Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian airbases have significantly raised the value placed on such ranges. The launcher itself evolved from the Lynx system developed by Israel Military Industries, which Elbit acquired in 2018.