Rafael reported a historic backlog of orders totaling NIS 64.8 billion ($17.6 billion), equivalent to 3.6 years of sales and marking a 24% increase from the previous year.
'This was once a nice toy for children, and it has now become a precise weapon,' said Meir Ben Shaya, explaining Rafael’s Drone Dome counter-drone system.
Upgrades include the ability to knock out threats at higher and lower altitudes, and to strike larger numbers of incoming rockets—a key capability in light of intentions by terror armies to 'saturate' Israel’s air defenses.
Israel Aerospace Industries, Elbit Systems, and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will each be setting up their own displays after receiving permission from the Israeli Defense Export Controls Agency.
'The decision to select SPYDER, developed and produced by Rafael, is a significant vote of confidence in our proven air defense capabilities,' said Ariel Karo.
'Collaboration on defense programs like Iron Dome keeps Americans and Israelis safe, grows our economy, and creates American jobs,' AIPAC said in a tweet.
This technology enables the development of effective intercepting systems, with high operational efficiency, that will form another layer in protecting Israel.
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.
The announcement by Rafael of a first delivery of Trophy Active Protection Systems for M1 tanks is a dramatic development, in which the world’s most powerful military selects an Israeli defense system.
As testament to the success of the anti-missile defense system jointly developed by the US and Israel to protect the Israeli population from Hamas and Hezbollah rockets, Azerbaijan, a Shi’a Muslim-majority nation, has decided to buy a number of the batteries from Israel.
Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems this week unveiled its newest development, the Drone Dome defense system, design to intercept enemy unmanned aerial vehicles. Rafael is also the developer of the Israeli military’s highly successful Iron Dome missile defense system.