The ministry’s Defense Procurement Directorate arranged the contract in cooperation with the IDF Ground Forces, with its Land Procurement Unit leading the project. The agreement is valued at approximately NIS 600 million.
The facility will include classrooms, driving simulators and mission simulators for Artillery Corps commanders and soldiers. The ministry said the training approach would shorten qualification times, improve proficiency and reduce costs and maintenance demands on operational platforms.
“The agreement we signed is significant news for strengthening the power and readiness of the IDF, and directly reflects the Ministry’s strategy of enhancing operational readiness, strengthening Israeli industry and ensuring a long-term technological and logistical response for field forces,” said Zeev Landau, the ministry’s deputy director general and head of the Defense Procurement Directorate. “The combination of advanced training and simulation technologies with a full, long-term support envelope will help the IDF Artillery Corps realize the full firepower potential of the SIGMA howitzer and the new systems, while saving and optimally utilizing resources.”
“Elbit, as a partner to the needs of the defense establishment and the IDF, has developed for the Ground Forces one of the world’s most advanced training and instruction arrays,” said Boaz Cohen, executive vice president and general manager of Elbit Systems Land. “The Artillery School and the training array for Artillery Corps soldiers will enable the Artillery Corps to receive high-quality and efficient training, maintaining the fire array at the highest level of readiness.”
