Lotem (Hebrew: לוטם), abbreviation for Unit for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Hebrew: החטיבה להתעצמות טכנולוגית מבצעית), originally Unit for Communication and Information Technology (Hebrew: היחידה לתקשוב וטכנולוגיות מידע)[1] is a technological-operational unit within the IDF's C4I Corps.
It provides platforms and develops systems in its areas of expertise for various IDF units and other security bodies.
The unit's purpose is the initiation, development, establishment, operation, and maintenance of integrative communication systems across the entire IDF,[2] as well as the formulation of architecture and technological communication standards for the entire IDF.
This mission includes: The unit was established on March 3, 2003,[6] as a framework which integrated units previously part of the Communications Corps and the General Staff Communications Division.
Its original name, chosen by its first commander, Brigadier General Yoav Even Zohar, was "the Unit for Communication and Information Technologies."