Covenant unveils long-range missile system Anthem — Jerusalem Post
According to the Jerusalem Post, Israeli defense technology company Covenant has publicly unveiled the Anthem missile system, designed for long-range strikes and mass production. The company has operations in the United States, Germany and Israel.
Anthem is being developed to deliver heavy warheads over long distances at a cost that, according to the manufacturer’s plan, should allow missiles to be produced in large batches. Covenant did not disclose the system’s exact specifications, including its range, payload mass and unit cost.
Commercial components and testing
According to Covenant, most Anthem components are commercially available off-the-shelf parts, while long-term agreements have been concluded for critical components. The company believes this model will make it possible to produce missiles quickly and consistently even during wartime, using supply chains in allied countries.
The system is positioned as a deep-strike complex intended to simplify transportation, storage, launch and reloading. Covenant has also developed its own software for mission planning, command and control, designed for coordinated mass launches.
More current news is available on the UA.News Telegram channel Telegram.
The company was founded in 2024 by Michael Kaufman, a former Thiel Capital investor. Covenant has raised $250 million in three funding rounds involving U.S. venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Lux, 8VC, Aleph and Lightspeed.
Mass production plans
Covenant has opened production facilities covering 105,000 square feet in Dallas, Texas; 110,000 square feet in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany; and 32,000 square feet in northern Israel. Under the company’s plan, the U.S. plant is to begin mass production in early 2027 and increase output to 5,000 units per year.
According to the publication, Covenant’s German facility plans to produce 1,000 missiles per year starting next year. The company also said it had launched Anthem more than 200 times over the past year, including several flight tests conducted jointly with the U.S. Army in the United States and abroad.
In addition to the ground-based version, Covenant is developing a maritime version of the missile together with the U.S. Navy’s Rapid Capabilities Office. The project is estimated at about $70 million. The company is also working with the U.S. Army under an agreement for accelerated testing and qualification of the system and reported orders worth about $150 million, including for qualification, research, development and production.
