SWEDEN — Elbit Systems conducted a two-week live field demonstration of the export version of its Digital Ground Army system in Sweden. Representatives from NATO militaries and European defense companies attended the event.
Daily demonstration scenarios linked operational components, vehicles, sensors, and soldiers to unified digital networks. These scenarios included reconnaissance drones, command posts, armored vehicles, and infantry operating on a shared network. Participants transmitted voice, video, and data in real time over this network, enabling commanders to monitor battlefield positions and issue digital maneuver orders. Infantry personnel used the network to exchange intelligence and location coordinates.
The Digital Ground Army system aims to maintain continuous connectivity between soldiers, vehicles, and command posts through a digital network. This network architecture is adapted for NATO standards. The Israel Defense Forces have operated the Digital Ground Army system for twenty years.
The company has sold the system to the Australian military and the Dutch military, as well as an unspecified European country. Revenue from contracts related to this system exceeds one billion U.S. dollars. European military forces are reviewing defense technology upgrades. Many NATO member states delayed defense infrastructure modernization following the Cold War.
Tobias Wennberg, chief executive officer of Elbit Systems Sweden, said. "These demonstrations are a significant milestone for Elbit Systems Sweden and for the ongoing digitization process of Europe's ground forces." Wennberg said, "The ability to connect a wide range of platforms, from sensors and soldiers, to vehicles and command posts, into one fast, flexible, and secure network was demonstrated here successfully."
No independent assessment of Elbit Systems’s claims was available.