The Kassel-based defense company KNDS and Elbit Systems have announced their collaboration. In the future, the PULS rocket launcher system for the European market will be produced in Kassel under the name EuroPULS.
KNDS promotes the project with “Elbit’s battle-tested capabilities”. In February 2024 PULS was first used in the context of the genocide in Gaza. As the main weapons supplier to the Israeli army, Elbit Systems has been criticized for years and has been the target of numerous protests- and acts of sabotage.
The production of the PULS systems is in the context of rearmament and, according to KNDS, is intended to serve the “changing needs of the European and NATO armed forces”.. While Spain canceled all orders with Elbit Systems due to the genocide in Gaza, Germany has now ordered five EuroPULS launchers.
The first prototypes of the rocket system have already been produced at the KNDS factory in Kassel.