Rafael

By Robert Wall
The Iron Beam could help deal with two critical problems with Israel's Iron Dome: the mental strain on Israelis from constant air raid alarms and risk of debris.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Smaller and lighter radars are becoming upgrade options for the Army’s weight-sensitive rotorcraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
Elbit Systems expects the Iron Beam system it is co-developing for the Israeli military to gain interest abroad.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The M-LRPSM launcher must be integrated on a vehicle used by an Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The efforts come at a time that Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and elsewhere have demonstrated the risk to UAS attacks at sea.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Israel has signed a contract to expand production capability of the Rafael Iron Beam laser-based defense system, aiming for service entry in about a year.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Several companies participated in a “first-of-its-kind trial” to identify and demonstrate new capabilities for intercepting UAVs.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
With the global arms market peaking and demand from the Israel Defense Forces expected to surge, state-owned IAI lost 13% of its workforce in a single stroke.
Supply Chain

By Robert Wall
Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, CEO Yoav Tourgeman says Rafael is committed to R&D funding despite needing to ramp up production as its backlog rises.
Farnborough Airshow

By Tony Osborne
The Italian Army has declared the new AW249 Fenice attack helicopter a pillar of its transformation, following its public debut at the Eurosatory defense show.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
Rafael has launched the initial stages of production for the Ice Breaker cruise missile after receiving orders from two governments.
Singapore Airshow

By Tony Osborne
The country’s order for armed H145Ms is the largest order yet for Airbus’ militarized light twin.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Steve Trimble
Airworthiness testing included eight firings of a Raafel Spike Non-Line-of-Sight missile from the latest version of the heavy attack helicopter, Lockheed said.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
Thailand has quietly signed an MOU with Israel's Rafael that will see the potential manufacturing and assembly of Rafael's Spike anti-tank missiles in Thailand.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The site selection for the $33 million facility comes three years after Raytheon and Rafael announced plans to establish a U.S. domestic manufacturing center.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
U.S. financial analysts do not see the latest Middle East conflict rising to the same level for a long-term arms buildup like the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
The Republic of Singapore Air Force confirms that it has integrated the Rafael Python-5 short-range air-to-air missiles as part of its F-16 mid-life upgrade.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Israeli arms-maker Rafael is seeking a foreign partner to help pay for development of a new long-range, air-to-air missile, called the Sky Spear.
Paris Air Show

By Tony Osborne
Israel’s Rafael is claiming it will take an international lead in the development of an interceptor to tackle emerging hypersonic threats.
Paris Air Show

By Steve Trimble
Aeronautics' enclosed payload bay marks a departure from the exposed payload stations under the nose of previous versions of the Orbiter series.
Aircraft & Propulsion