{"id":35144,"date":"2026-06-12T08:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T08:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/35144\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T08:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T08:20:06","slug":"israels-elbit-systems-germanys-diehl-defence-team-on-skystriker-pitch-for-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/35144\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Elbit Systems, Germany\u2019s Diehl Defence team on SkyStriker pitch for Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM \u2014 Israel\u2019s Elbit Systems announced on June 11 that it has formed a new strategic partnership with Diehl Defence to offer the SkyStriker loitering munition to the German Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement, which coincided with the Berlin Air Show, is part of a broader push by Elbit and other Israeli firms to <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2025\/05\/increased-israel-greek-defense-ties-opening-options-for-israeli-firms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tap into<\/a> increasing European defense budgets. Elbit said that the deal will include local manufacturing and assembly of the system with Diehl, to support \u201cthe development of sovereign capabilities and strengthening the German defense industry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis collaboration aims to meet Germany\u2019s growing need for state\u2011of\u2011the\u2011art loitering munition systems, including by expansion of autonomous precision\u2011strike and reconnaissance capabilities,\u201d an Elbit statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>SkyStriker, first unveiled in 2017 at the Paris Air Show, boasts a range of over 200km, capable of carrying up to 10 kilograms of munitions, per the company. It\u2019s an example of Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2023\/09\/new-birds-new-uses-israels-next-gen-uav-capabilities-on-display-at-dsei-2023\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">major push<\/a> into loitering munitions, which dates back to the 1990s but has taken on a larger emphasis following the Ukraine conflict and Israel\u2019s own war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>SkyStriker, which <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2023\/09\/in-the-desert-with-the-israeli-soldiers-training-on-new-firefly-loitering-munition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has been sold<\/a> in the past to unnamed European nations, can also be used with other Elbit platforms such as the EuroPULS rocket launcher, the company noted. KNDS and Elbit signed a teaming agreement for EuroPULS in 2023 as Elbit saw a growing demand for precision artillery in Europe. Elbit said in 2025 that it had been awarded a contract to supply the PULS system to German\u2019s armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy combining Diehl\u2019s deep experience in system integration and production with Elbit\u2019s advanced loitering munition technology, we aim to provide a powerful and future\u2011ready solution for the German Armed Forces,\u201d Elbit\u2019s President and CEO Bezhalel Machlis, said in a statement distributed by the company, while describing the partnership as \u201cstrategic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiehl Defence is proud to partner with Elbit systems in the field of loitering munition to strengthen Germany\u2019s capabilities in this segment,\u201d Diehl Defence CEO Helmut Rauch said in a statement. \u201cThis cooperation does not only strengthen the development of sovereign capabilities but also the German defence industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JERUSALEM \u2014 Israel\u2019s Elbit Systems announced on June 11 that it has formed a new strategic partnership with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9721,5272,32250,421,7889,151,5,29422,381],"class_list":["post-35144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-air-force","tag-business-industry","tag-diehl","tag-drones","tag-elbit","tag-europe","tag-germany","tag-ila-berlin-2026","tag-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}