On Monday, April 6, 2026, Israeli company Elbit Systems signed a contract worth about 750 million USD/650 million EUR with the General Directorate for Defense Investments and Armaments (GDDIA) of Greece’s Ministry of National Defense for the delivery of PULS (Precise & Universal Launching System) multiple rocket launchers for the Hellenic Army (Ellinikós Stratós) under the Achilles’ Shield artillery modernization program (Greek: Aspida tou Achillea).
Photo: Israeli Ministry Of Defense
The four-year contract covers the delivery of 36 PULS launchers, instead of the 38 originally planned, a comprehensive ammunition package including training rounds, precision operational missiles with varying ranges, and loitering munitions, as well as an additional 10-year support package.
Funding for the contract was approved on December 16, 2025, while the first reports that the Greek government’s Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) and parliament had approved the request submitted by the Hellenic National Defence General Staff were published on December 5, 2024, by Greek defense outlet OnAlert.
Under the negotiated agreement and in line with Greek government policy, Elbit Systems will cooperate with local industry in the production of the system, including through technology transfer and the sharing of know-how.
Photo: Israeli Ministry Of Defense
Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis, President and CEO of Elbit Systems:
“Elbit Systems has a longstanding and successful cooperation with the Hellenic Ministry of National Defense, and this project further strengthens that relationship. Greece joins additional NATO countries that have selected the PULS system, underscoring its growing reputation as a highly effective and versatile solution for modern artillery requirements in Europe and beyond, and we are honored by the continued confidence shown in our advanced systems.”
The launchers will be integrated onto truck chassis produced by Iveco Defence Vehicles, part of Italy’s Leonardo Group. The procurement is being carried out as part of the broader Agenda 2030 technical modernization program.
More notably, the PULS systems are reportedly to be assigned to artillery subunits in the Evros regional unit, in the East Macedonia and Thrace region, which directly borders the European part of Turkey, as well as on all major islands in the eastern Aegean Sea.
Interestingly, the PULS system on an Iveco chassis had previously been offered to Spain / Photo: Escribano
The purchase of the Israeli launchers is said to result from abandoning an earlier plan for a comprehensive modernization of the U.S.-made M270A0 MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) heavy launchers. Initially, work was planned on 24 of them for 1.81 billion EUR, a price considered too high; this was later reduced to just 12 launchers for 500 million EUR, with work expected to begin after 2021. Since then, however, there has been no further information on the matter, and the program is considered to have been dropped in favor of acquiring a new field rocket artillery system.
The PULS system, which is a development of the Lynx system originally designed by Israel Military Industries (IMI), can carry 122 mm Accular rockets (18 at a time) with a range of up to 35 km, 160 mm Accular rockets (10 at a time) with a range of up to 40 km, 306 mm EXTRA rockets (4 at a time) with a range of 150 km, and 370 mm Predator Hawk rockets (2 at a time) with a range of 300 km, or 370 km in the Israeli version.
Earlier, Elbit Systems received orders for PULS systems from the defense ministries of Denmark (eight launchers ordered on March 2, 2023, the first two of which were delivered on August 3, 2023), the Netherlands (20 launchers ordered on May 18, 2023), a first undisclosed customer on July 18, 2023, Spain (16 launchers ordered in October 2023, although in September 2025 the government canceled the contract as part of a broader embargo on Israeli arms), a second undisclosed customer on August 6, 2024, a third undisclosed customer on November 18, 2024, Germany on February 6, 2025 (five launchers, with plans to acquire around 500 more, including half for export, through the EuroPULS GmbH joint venture), Peru on July 8, 2025 (an undisclosed number), and a fourth undisclosed customer on August 13, 2025, later revealed to be Serbia. Most recently, it emerged that India has also become an operator of the system, where it has been designated SuryAstra.
Elbit Systems Awarded $750M Contract to Supply PULS™ Artillery Systems to the Hellenic Armed Forces.
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