Tag: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

SPIKE LR2 is a state-of-the-art, multipurpose, multiplatform, combat-proven missile system, designed to meet the needs of modern warfare and complex battlespace challenges.

The 'Iron Beam' system is intended to support the world-renown Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, geared to intercept short-range threats.

The IDF is not planning to replace the existing ground to air systems but only to complement them.

The test consisted of several scenarios, including rockets, cruise missiles, and UAVs.

The $22 million contract will supply man-portable anti-tank weapons.

President Alar Karis has called for an increase in NATO troop numbers in his country amid tensions with Russia.

“If we can’t defend Guam—the airbase and the other things there—it’s really hard to project power into the Pacific.”

"It is your spirits and belief in the righteousness of your missions that make you, my dear ones, the best.”

The new joint venture will be called Presight.AI.

Trophy protects against a wide variety of anti-tank threats, while also maximizing the vehicle's ability to identify the enemy location.

The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act ordered the Pentagon to purchase the two Iron Dome batteries and to start testing them in 2020.

The Czech decision Followed an international tender process which lasted several years.

"Everyone also knew going in that it was tailor-made for Israel, and so it is not going to be optimized for the United States."

The Drone Dome was successful in intercepting multiple maneuvering targets with laser technology and achieved 100% success in all test scenarios.

The benefits of a laser interception system are the continuous and low-cost use, and improving the effectiveness of the protection systems as a result of using two different and complementary technologies – kinetic air defense such as the Iron Dome system and the laser.

Stuxnet, Iron Dome, and...

It was the first time the IDF used the David's Sling, which is apparently being inspected somewhere in Russia as you're reading this report.

Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems on Monday reported that it will supply electro-optic systems for the use of US Air Force fighter jets, a contract worth approximately NIS 200 million.

An early version of the Spike was offered by Rafael as a possible contender for the US Army JAWS missile program in 1996. It was not picked up.

The new projectile, named Rocks, is an advanced, stand-off range air-to-surface missile, which can be launched at a distance sufficient to allow attacking personnel to evade defensive fire from the target area.

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is working on the design and production of drone swarms that can mimic the behavior of flocks of birds such as starlings.

“Based on an analysis of cost, schedule and performance, the Army [decided] ... to field two interim IFPC batteries of Iron Dome in 2020."

The Trophy consists of a radar-detection system that recognizes incoming missiles and projects their trajectories, with launchers that shoot metal pellets, causing the incoming missile or rocket to explode away from the tank.

The radar scans 360 degrees around the vehicle, and as soon as it detects a threat, it analyzes it and launches metal spheres that break the attacker while it is still in the air.

British police tried to fight off the pesky drones that caused the total suspension of air traffic at Gatwick, but the off-the-shelf DJI drone tracking system could not measure up to the hostile drones.

"The SPYDER weapons are also incompatible with the earlier supplied Russian surface-to-air missile systems, which lowers the efficiency of Vietnam’s united air defense.”

This new, fifth-generation version of the Spike-ER multipurpose precision-guided missile system, will equip attack helicopters, combat vehicles, and small boats.

The missile launch pod is securely mounted on a host platform with just seven screws – enabling easy installation on light vehicles.

A number of Iron Dome batteries were deployed in southern Israel on Thursday in the wake of a situational assessment.

Leonardo DRS will provide the U.S. Army with the systems, which are to be installed on the M1 Abrams battle tank.