Rosh-HaAyin / Tel Aviv, Israel: A day after the Israeli Defence Forces Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir announced that there is a plan to launch a new branch dedicated to “unmanned systems and artificial intelligence”, Israeli company Elbit Systems unveiled its AI-driven autonomous combat systems and One2Many operational capabilities, enabling centralised real-time coordination of large numbers of autonomous aerial and ground systems – to be delivered by FUSE.
FUSE, operating as an integral part of Elbit Systems C4I & Cyber, specialises in design, development and delivery of world-leading AI-driven autonomous combat systems solutions, providing mission-critical unmanned capabilities at scale.
Built on years of operational experience, proven technologies and advanced autonomy developed within Elbit Systems, FUSE delivers mature military-grade autonomous systems designed for scalable coordinated operations across land and air domains.
At the core of the portfolio is Dominion-X, an AI-powered unified operating system enabling One2Many operations in GNSS-denied environments, supported by advanced automatic target recognition (ATR) and homing capabilities. Dominion-X enables centralised real-time coordination and management of autonomous aerial and ground systems, including real-time mission data exchange between platforms and distributed operations across battlefield environments through a shared mission network.
Designed for contested and GPS-denied environments, FUSE’s solutions support resilient mission execution, distributed autonomous operations and manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) alongside manoeuvring forces and crewed platforms within existing military formations and command structures.
FUSE’s solutions also enable military forces to rapidly integrate autonomous capabilities into existing tactical assets, unmanned systems and combat vehicles, creating scalable coordinated autonomous formations while leveraging current force structures.
Supported by Elbit Systems’ operational experience, manufacturing infrastructure and global defence footprint, FUSE’s solutions are designed for scalable production, rapid field integration and sustained operational deployment across multi-domain operations.
The technologies and autonomous systems within FUSE’s portfolio have already accumulated more than 1,000,000 operational flight hours and over 100,000 autonomous ground operation hours, with thousands of drones and hundreds of unmanned ground platforms already delivered to customers worldwide.
FUSE’s Portfolio includes:
UNMANNED TACTICAL FORCE – a fully digitised Unmanned Tactical Force for recon-strike in mass operations.
PIRANI-X – Seek and strike tactical swarm drone solutions for manoeuvring forces.
URBAN LETHALITY SYSTEMS – Stand-in mass UGV and one-way attack (OWA) drones designed for urban operations and engagements against indoor and fortified threats.
ARMOURED WINGMAN SYSTEMS – Ground and airborne unmanned assets working alongside, or deployed from, manned armoured platforms.
BORDER DEFENCE SYSTEMS – A combination of mobile, deployed and fixed unmanned ground and airborne assets performing autonomous border protection missions with minimal operator involvement across vast areas of interest.
MULTI-MISSION GROUP 1 AND 2 UNCREWED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS) – The X-intra, THOR and Magni-X families of backpack-portable, rapidly deployable, fully autonomous multi-rotor VTOL UAS designed to support a wide range of tactical missions such as reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and identification, communications relay, electronic warfare support, resupply, limited cargo delivery and configurable mission effects.
GROUND AUTONOMY KITS – AI-powered autonomous solutions (hardware and software) designed for multiple critical off-road missions in contested environments, including fully autonomous operations of UGVs and manned platforms, tele-operation capabilities and ADAS/EVPS (Enhanced Visual Position System).
FUSE’s systems are already operationally deployed and in service with customers in Israel, the United States and Europe, supporting ongoing operational missions and force modernisation programmes.
Leveraging Elbit Systems’ battlefield integration experience and defence infrastructure, FUSE’s autonomous capabilities are designed to support real-world operational requirements, including high-tempo manoeuvre operations, distributed force deployment and multi-domain combat scenarios.
By integrating autonomous systems directly into frontline formations, FUSE helps military forces to increase operational tempo, expand combat mass, accelerate sensor-to-shooter cycles and improve force survivability while reducing risk to personnel.
“Military forces are entering a new operational era in which combat effectiveness will increasingly depend not only on autonomous platforms themselves, but on the ability to integrate and coordinate large numbers of autonomous systems within existing manoeuvre forces in real time,” said Eyal Dahan, CEO of FUSE.
“FUSE was established to deliver that capability today – combining autonomous platforms, operational AI and scalable One2Many command capabilities into integrated operational solutions that can be rapidly deployed and integrated into modern combat formations,” he added.
Dahan revealed that the role of AI in the new system in more than 70% but there is still a man in the loop until this decision is changed.
-The writer is an Israel-based freelance journalist. The views expressed are of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda
