Article Posted on : - Jan 07, 2011

UT30 - Unmanned Turrets. Photo: Elbit Systems.

HAIFA, ISRAEL (BNS): Elbit Systems Ltd. Brazilian subsidiary, Aeroeletronica Ltda. was awarded a framework contract, valued at up to $260 million for the supply of UT30 BR 30 mm Unmanned Turrets to the Brazilian Army's Land Forces, as part of the Guarani Project.

Elbit Systems won the contract in an open international tender in 2009.

Elbit Systems will install the unmanned turrets on several hundred Brazilian Army Iveco 6x6 armoured personnel carriers.

"The award is a major milestone for AEL in our continuing process to enhance local Brazilian capabilities and technologies. Winning such a prestigious project attests to our leadership in the field of innovative land solutions, and we hope other customers will follow, both in Latin America and throughout the world," Joseph Ackerman, President and CEO of Elbit Systems, was quoted as saying in the company news release.

Last week, Elbit System acquired two Brazilian defence electronic companies, namely, Ares Aeroespecial e Defesa SA and Periscopio Equipamentos Optronicos SA.