{"id":486251,"date":"2026-06-10T19:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/486251\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:28:18","slug":"israels-smart-shooter-wins-5-8-million-contract-with-us-marine-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/486251\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel’s Smart Shooter wins $5.8 million contract with US Marine Corps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smart Shooter<\/a> has secured a follow\u2011on contract with the US Marine Corps for its SMASH 2000LE fire\u2011control systems, expanding the Israeli company\u2019s footprint across American defense organizations amid rising demand for counter\u2011drone technology.<\/p>\n

The Marine Corps Systems Command awarded the company a $3.4 million contract, with options for additional systems, spare parts, and training valued at $2.4 million, that could bring the total value to approximately $5.8 million.<\/p>\n

According to Smart Shooter, most deliveries \u2013 both for the base order and any exercised options \u2013 are scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026, with a small portion of services extending into early 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese successive awards reflect increasing operational demand among US military branches for Smart Shooter\u2019s solutions in response to the expanding drone threat<\/a>,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n

This latest award continues a year of rapid growth for the company in the United States. Over the past 12 months, Smart Shooter has signed contracts with the US Army, US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps.<\/p>\n

\"IDFIDF soldier using Smart Shooter’s SMASH system in Lebanon (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)<\/p>\n

In March 2026, Smart Shooter announced a $2.4 million contract with the US Joint Interagency Task Force JIATF\u2011401. That was followed in May by a $10.7 million US Army contract, and in early June, the company reported its first major agreement with the US Navy, valued at $1.8 million.<\/p>\n

Michal Mor, Smart Shooter\u2019s CEO, said the Marine Corps award \u201cmarks another important step in Smart Shooter\u2019s continued expansion across US defense organizations,\u201d adding that the contract \u201cprovides further validation of the operational value of our SMASH systems and their ability to address the growing drone threat at the tactical edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smart Shooter systems are in use by the IDF<\/a>, US, United Kingdom, Germany, and several NATO militaries, many of which are also currently adapting to the growing proliferation of attack drones on the battlefield.<\/p>\n

The Smart Shooter portfolio includes handheld-operated remote-controlled, unmanned ground-vehicle-mounted solutions, designed to maximize hit probability against aerial and land targets.<\/p>\n

Precision technology for a new era of drone warfare<\/p>\n

Smart Shooter systems are designed to help soldiers intercept drones by stabilizing their aim and tracking a moving target even under stress. The technology, a rifle scope, is optic\u2011based:<\/p>\n

Where a standard rifle scope aids the solider in finding the target by illuminates and magnifying it, the SMASH system integrates a camera and sensor feed continuous imagery into an onboard computer, which analyzes the scene in real time. The system identifies the designated target, locks onto it, and calculates where the shooter needs to aim as the target moves. The operator presses a button to lock on, pulls the trigger, and aligns the weapon within the firing window that the system displays.<\/p>\n

This approach allows troops to maintain accuracy even when they are moving, fatigued, or under fire.<\/p>\n

The system is also part of a soldier\u2019s personal gear, rather than a separate platform, allowing troops to respond quickly, without relying on additional equipment.<\/p>\n

This combination of simple hardware and advanced image-processing software effectively turns troops, even reservists with no training, into sharpshooters with the first round out of every rifle hitting its target.<\/p>\n

In March the company launched trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange<\/a> (TASE) with a valuation of NIS 900 million, marking one of the most notable defense-sector IPOs of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smart Shooter has secured a follow\u2011on contract with the US Marine Corps for its SMASH 2000LE fire\u2011control systems,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17469,1031,85,46,35204,109975,43],"class_list":["post-486251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-defense-tech","tag-idf","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israeli-innovation","tag-marines","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}