Maritime Security

Drawing on world class know-how derived from generations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) design, development and operation and its naval capabilities, Elbit Systems’ newest...

The US Navy’s brand new futuristic destroyer has one little problem: it’s too quiet. The Navy’s new Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer is so quiet...

The complete cut of ties between Israel and Turkey has accelerated the development of advanced weapon systems in Turkey. When the "Honeymoon" between the two...

We’ve written about it before, but DARPA has finally confirmed the christening of its brand new autonomous submarine-hunting drone ship, agency directory Arati Prabhakar...

The four navy ships that will be built in Germany for the Israeli navy will be a modified version of the Meko-100 and will...

Interview With Dr. Noam Brook , Product Line Manager . Unmanned Marine Systems (USV) at RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems The operational status of Protector, Rafael's unmanned marine platform The...

When the international military market gets more complicated the Israeli defense industries have to use everything they have to successfully compete Combined capabilities make it...

A number of foreign navies show interest in the Rafael C-Dome system - a naval derivative of the company's Iron Dome. Rafael is already negotiating...

Malaysia announced a new contract with Airbus Defence & Space on 17 December 2015 for five Spexer 2000 Coastal radars, for an unspecified price....

By ARIE EGOZI Israel is closely following the Iranian effort to develop a line of unmanned systems for sea applications. Iran has unveiled a torpedo-armed watercraft...

A successful interception test of the Barak-8 system was conducted from an Israel Navy corvette, in continuation of the test held in late 2014,...

UK defence electronics firm Ultra Electronics is developing a new family of miniature passive sonobuoys that could be eventually deployed from unmanned aerial systems. The...

Russia's Kalashnikov Group has diversified into the production of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and multi-functional assault boats. The AK-47 assault rifle manufacturer displayed the new...

By ARIE EGOZI The increasing use of UAVs by armed forces can be defined as a revolution. Missions that in the past were solely performed by...

The Israeli stabilized weapon station increases the capabilities  of naval ships to operate in "saturated " environments. This is very important in missions like protecting...

IAI Ramta, based in Be'er Sheva, Israel, won a contract for the delivery of three Super Dvora mk. III ships to the Israeli Navy. The...

The C-Dome Naval Point Defense System is designed to effectively protect combat vessels against a large set of modern threats. C-Dome handles saturation attacks...

By ARIE EGOZI The C-Dome Naval defense system developed by Rafael is based on the Iron Dome and designed to effectively protect combat vessels against...

The Indian navy plans to equip 23of its destroyers and frigates with Indo-Israel Long Range Surface to Air Missile system Barak-8. The warships include aircraft...

Yesterday and this morning saw two Barak-8 interception tests successfully conducted from an operational ship of the Indian navy in a full combat scenario. The...

Future Forces For HLS Future Forces 4 HLS   The upcoming conference for the HLS Future Forces is to be held on July 21st, bringing with...

The new upgraded version of the Rafael Protector unmanned surface vessel (USV) will play a major role in protection the Israeli offshore gas reservoirs...