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Rafael's Fire Weaver target acquisition and engagement system is set for several demonstrations with armed forces around the world, a company spokesperson revealed to at the International Armoured Vehicles 2022 conference in London. Janes Si...

Rafael outlines future infantry concept 30 April 2021 by Yaakov Lappin Israel’s Rafael is developing a range of systems, many of which are entering service with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), under its ‘Future Infantry Soldier’ concept. Rafael has developed ‘smart’ binoculars to enable infantry to interface with its Fire Weaver system. (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems) “This concept is based on a number of working assumptions, including the need to give individual infantry soldier...

ARMOR: Merkava Matures And Mutates  April 4, 2021: Israel is the smallest nation in the world to design and build its own tanks. This was the result of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, which took Israel by surprise and inflicted heavy losses before Israel counter-attacked and defeated Egypt and Syria and their larger number of modern Russian tanks. Israel carefully analyzes the results of each war it fights and makes changes to deal with problems encountered. The 19...

‘We’re supposed to be dead’: Israeli tank protection system has transformed land warfare February 21, 2021 Rafael‘We’re supposed to be dead’: Israeli tank protection system has transformed land warfare By Yaakov Lappin, JNS When Michael Lurie, vice president at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and head of its Maneuver Systems Directorate, recalls the first time that the company’s Trophy system went into action, he gets goosebumps. The year was 2011, and an Israel Defense Forces tan...

Rafael’s Trophy system has amassed more than 1 million operational hours and saved countless lives in combat since 2011. It’s now installed on a growing number of armored vehicles, including on four American tank brigades.

BANG: Israel’s Meprolight Unveils the Future of Gun Sights The Mepro 02, a is a red dot sight, featuring multi-pattern reticle for optimal tactical advantage for armed forces and law enforcement. Special forces and militaries around the world need the best sights to put on their rifles. The modern battlefield is also seeing advances in technology. Infantry and ground forces, including the kit individual soldiers have, has often lagged behind the fancy gadgets that air forces and other units ...

The U.S. Army Eyes Israel’s Fire Weaver Sensor-to-Shooter System If bought, this weapon would join a host of other high-tech Israeli systems being used by the U.S. military. The U.S. Army got to take a look at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Fire Weaver, an advanced sensor-to-shooter system. It is part of Rafael’s unique technology that is supposed to improve the new digital battlefield by incorporating the latest artificial intelligence to help armies make better decisions. It also uses 3D...

 January 26, 2021: At the end of 2020 the U.S. Air Force successfully tested Artu, a new software system for managing sensors on a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft that acts like the “weapons officer” or GIB (Guy In the Back) that became common during the 1960s to handle sensors and weapons system while the pilot concentrated on flying the plane. Over the decades the software available to the GIB, or just the pilot in single seat aircraft like the F-117, became...