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ISRAEL SUPPLEMENT ISRAEL SUPPLEMENT RAFAEL ARMAMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY LTD. RAFAEL Armament Development Authority Ltd.develops and produces state-of-the-art armaments for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)and Israel’s defense system, while deriving its economic strength from international sales. The company provides innovative solutions on the technological cutting edge from underwater, naval, land and air through space systems. AFAEL focuses on such areas as Electronic Warfare (EW), RCommand, Control , Communi- cations, Computers and Intelligence (C 4 I), training and simulators, armor and precision guided weapon systems. The company has also formed partnerships with civilian counterparts to develop commercial applications based on its proprietary technologies. RAFAEL is the second largest government-owned defense company in Israel. In 2005, the company’s sales amounted to $862 million and new orders to the tune of $919 million. The net profit of the company in 2005 was $21 million. The company has opened 2006 with a backlog of orders amounting to $1.85 billion of which approximately 60 per cent is intended for export. In 2005, the company transferred the first dividend to the State of Israel at a total of NIS (New Israeli sheqel) 40 million. In addition, the company was the first to raise approximately NIS 350 by issuing stocks and bonds to founding investors. RAFAEL was founded in 1948 as Israel’s National R&D Defense Labora- tory within the Ministry of Defense, and focused initially on missile technology. Over the years, RAFAEL has developed Rafael’s financial results for 2005 : New orders $919 million systems for every branch of the IDF IDF’s qualitative edge, and most systems (Israel Defense Force). These systems have been battlefield proven. In 2002, Sales $862 million are based on control of a wide range RAFAEL was incorporated as a govern- Profit before taxes $31 million of technologies and extensive familiar- ment-owned company maintaining its ity with the operative needs of the IDF. technological state-of-the-art capabilities Net profit after taxes $21 million RAFAEL’s products strengthen the through extensive R&D programmes. 77 INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2006 ISRAEL SUPPLEMENT ISRAEL SUPPLEMENT ADVANCE DEFENCE SOLUTIONS FROM RAFAEL Rafael holds a long-standing record and reputation in the multi-facetted field of missile development and manufacturing and are known for their wide range of missiles. It offers its clients a broad spectrum of innovative solutions at the forefront of world-wide technology for air, land, sea and space applications. Rafael President and CEO VADM (Ret) Yadidia Yaari in an interview with Masooma Jariwala, talks about company’s advance defence solutions. Excerpts: ver the past few years there has been a growing demand for a directly to the attack system. The Reccelite, airborne reconnaissance Omobile air defense system in response to short- and long-term pod and Litening navigation and targeting pod are other examples of air threats, such as aircrafts, helicopters, UAV’s etc. Focusing on the advanced and efficient sensing”. area of air defence, Yaari opined that, rather than “Our Samson Family of remote-controlled developing and manufacturing a new missile, weapon stations not only provide accurate means there is the realization of a demand requiring of attack, but also provide optimal survivability conceptual, operational and systematical changes. for the operator. These weapon stations, as well “Rafael, based on its proven experience and as our Spike Family of tactical precision mis- capabilities with air-to-air missiles, has identified sile systems and Simon and Matador breaching the crucial need for a ground-protection response products are all in operation in several countries to air threats, and managed in a relatively short and contribute to Rafael’s superiority in the areas time to combine the expertise and present the of ground and air armament”. Spyder system. Spyder is a short to medium range The need to coordinate between the differ- mobile air defense system incorporating Rafael’s ent forces and provide the most advanced prod- most advanced world-renowned Python 5 and ucts for the naval arena, led Rafael to develop Derby missiles, which engage and destroy any air the Protector, an unmanned surface vehicle for Yedidia Yaari threat”. anti-terrorism and force protection missions. Talking about the Spice system, Yaari said that Spice is an “We can see more attention being given to the field of satellites advanced guidance system, which converts a standard MK-83 or for both military and civilian applications. That is the reason we have MK-84 bomb into a standoff autonomous weapon system with already begun investing in the development of micro-satellites that pinpoint accuracy for the effective destruction of high-value targets. will answer those future needs. The combination of major invest- Spice is an electro-optic weapon that combines GPS guidance with ment in research and development and marketing activities allows us automatic target acquisition that uses scene-matching technology for to remain updated in the field of defense and to enables us to offer navigation, guidance and homing techniques. such advanced defense solutions.” According to Yaari, these are just two examples of a wide range On joint ventures and partnership, Yaari revealed that “Over of Rafael’s capabilities and activities with regard to Missile Systems. the years we have seen that the defense industry worldwide bases “I am certain that Rafael has learned to identify and adapt itself to itself on partnerships, compelled by factors such as of preventing the changing needs and to offer its clients top-class products and competition, full exploitation of capabilities, cost reduction and the capabilities.” use of domestic companies for marketing in target countries.” The result of proper investment in development and marketing The name of the game in the international scene, as well as is shown in the field of Urban Warfare, which has had to undergo in Israel is to establish successful partnerships and to set up joint conceptual and operational changes while providing both a defensive ventures, a trend which is prone to proliferate even more in the years and offensive response for the coordination of ground, naval and air to come. Rafael, as part of its corporate strategy, has become a team forces. player in the international defense market, including the establishment “Today, in the field of Land Combat we offer active, passive of a company in the US together with Cubic Corporation, acquisition and reactive protection for combat vehicles and tanks. Just a number of Dynamit-Nobel in Germany and a large number of partnerships of weeks ago, we released a new armored vehicle called the Golan. and JVs in various fields and in several countries, including Israel. Fifty per cent of the Golan’s weight is made up of different types On Rafael’s relationship with India, Yaari said, “I would like to of armor providing protection against small arms, RPG threats, emphasize that Israel in general and Rafael in particular attributes medium sized IED’s and mines.” vital importance to the partnership between India and Rafael. In “A special mention must be made of our systems that enable addition to the activities currently pursued, Rafael is also investigating quick and efficient closure of the sensor-to-shooter cycle. SkyLite B, new possibilities for the broadening of cooperation. Unfortunately, for example, is a tactical mini-UAV that withstands extremely high I cannot further discuss the issue at the moment, but I trust that the winds while relaying impressively stabilised and accurate imagery to relationship between Rafael and the Indian defense industry, will a mobile ground station, which can then transfer the information continue to grow and expand.” INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2006 78 ISRAEL SUPPLEMENT ISRAEL SUPPLEMENT Rafael look for Joint Ventures in India “We are seriously considering joint ventures with Indian private sector de- fence companies and are already having talks with some of them” Lova Drori Corporate Vice President for Business Development and Marketing, for RA- FAEL told International Aerospace at the Defexpo 06 held at Delhi. “ The 26 per cent limit to foreign participation is an obstacle, but will not prevent us from seeking joint ventures.” He added Cooperation Partnerships RAFAEL implements the corporate culture of forming partnerships in Israel and world-wide with leading govern- ments, aerospace and defense compa- nies. These partnerships bring combined strength and leverage to RAFAEL’s technological know-how and advanced systems.The company is organized in four divisions,which together provide designs, develops, manufactures and acoustic detection and target location users with complete air,naval,ground and integrates comprehensive air, naval, systems, and passive and reactive add- space systems and solutions. ground and space systems based on the on armor such as armor protection for advanced technological capabilities that the US Army’s Bradley Armor Fighting Missile Division exist in the company.These include com- Vehicle. This division designs, develops and munications, EW, electro-optic counter- manufactures a range of guided missiles measures, command, control and battle Propulsion and Explosive Systems including air-to-air,air-to-surface and field management, data links, border Division anti-tank missiles, and electro-optical and coastal defense systems, homeland This division develops rocket mo- systems.Key products include the Python security solutions, mine field breaching tors, space propulsion systems, warheads 5 and 4 and Derby air-to-air missiles, the systems, surveillance systems, training and pyrotechnics, remote breaching Barak surface-to-air missile, Popeye and and simulation systems. devices, and expendable naval decoys. Spice air-to-ground missiles, the Litening Key products include propulsion systems airborne navigation and targeting pod, Ordnance Systems Division used in the OFEQ and EROS satellites and the Spike family of anti-tank and This division designs, develops and in the Arrow anti-ballistic missile, multi-purpose missiles.