Manufacturer catalog

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is an Israeli government-owned defense technology company whose catalog footprint centers on air and missile defense, electro-optical guided missiles, precision-guidance kits, active protection systems, and related command-and-control technologies.

24 weapons

Rafael began in 1948 as part of Israel's defense research establishment and later became a government-owned company supplying systems across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. The builder's profile in this catalog is especially visible through layered air-defense systems, guided missiles, guided bombs, and vehicle survivability equipment.

For WeaponsOfConflict entries, Rafael is tied to systems such as Iron Dome, David's Sling, SPYDER, SPIKE, SPICE, Trophy, Tamir, Stunner, and Iron Beam-related imagery. Its public product pages and Israeli audit reporting describe a company organized around air defense, air and intelligence, and land and naval defense work.

air and missile defenseprecision-guided missilesguided bomb kitsactive protection systemsnaval and land combat systemselectronic warfare and C4I

Notable Systems

Iron Dome air-defense system, Mobile short-range air-defense system, Air Defense

Iron Dome family

Mobile short-range air-defense system

Rafael presents Iron Dome as a short-to-medium-range, multi-mission air-defense family for rockets, artillery, mortars, UAVs, and other aerial threats.

Sources: Rafael Air and Missile Defense domain
David's Sling air-defense system, Air and missile defense system, Air Defense

David's Sling

Air and missile defense system

Rafael describes David's Sling as a complete medium- to long-range air and missile defense system built around the Stunner interceptor.

Sources: Rafael Air and Missile Defense domain
SPYDER surface-to-air missile system, Short- and medium-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

SPYDER family

Short- and medium-range surface-to-air missile system

Rafael markets SPYDER as a mobile air-defense family spanning short, extended, medium, and long ranges.

Sources: Rafael Air and Missile Defense domain
Spike FireFly / Maoz, Tactical loitering munition, Aircraft & UAVs

SPIKE missile family

Tactical loitering munition

The SPIKE family connects Rafael to land, air, and naval electro-optical guided missiles, including NLOS, LR2, ER2, and other variants.

Sources: Rafael SPIKE family
Trophy active-protection system, Hard-kill active protection system, Support Equipment

Trophy active protection system

Hard-kill active protection system

Rafael identifies Trophy as an operational active protection system for tanks, APCs, wheeled vehicles, tracked vehicles, and other armored platforms.

Sources: Rafael Trophy APS

SPICE precision-guidance kits

Rafael's SPICE product line turns general-purpose bombs into stand-off precision weapons, including SPICE 250 and 1000/2000-family configurations represented in the catalog.

Sources: Rafael SPICE 250

Manufacturer History

  1. Rafael established

    Rafael states that the company was established in 1948 and develops, manufactures, and sustains defense technologies, products, and systems-of-systems.

    Sources: Rafael Our Story

  2. Incorporated as a company

    The International Astronautical Federation profile describes Rafael as originally established as part of Israel's Ministry of Defense and incorporated in 2002.

    Sources: International Astronautical Federation Rafael profile

  3. Aeronautics and Controp consolidated

    The Israeli State Comptroller report states that Rafael consolidated Aeronautics Ltd. and Controp Precision Technologies Ltd. in its financial statements in April 2021.

    Sources: State Comptroller Rafael financial statements abstract

  4. Record sales and orders reported

    Rafael reported another record year for 2025, with sales of $6.28 billion and new orders of $9.57 billion.

    Sources: Rafael 2025 results

Predecessors
Israel Ministry of Defense defense research and development laboratory
Subsidiaries
Aeronautics Ltd.Controp Precision Technologies Ltd.
Website links
Official websiteCompany storyContact and headquartersAir and missile defense systems

Rafael is a government-owned Israeli defense company with classified defense programs and state ownership context; future privatization or corporate-structure changes should be rechecked against current official or audited sources.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Rafael Our StoryPublisher: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems | Note: Official company background page supporting Rafael's 1948 establishment and defense-technology role. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rafael Contact UsPublisher: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems | Note: Official contact page listing RAFAEL HQ at POB 2250, Haifa, 3102102 Israel. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • International Astronautical Federation Rafael profilePublisher: International Astronautical Federation | Note: Member profile describing Rafael as a supplier of high-tech defense systems for air, land, sea, and space applications, established as part of the Ministry of Defense and incorporated in 2002. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • State Comptroller Rafael financial statements abstractPublisher: State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel | Note: Audit abstract identifying Rafael as a government-owned company and describing its air defense, air and intelligence, and land and naval business divisions, plus 2021 consolidation of Aeronautics and Controp. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rafael Air and Missile Defense domainPublisher: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems | Note: Official product-domain page supporting Rafael's Iron Dome, SPYDER, David's Sling, and related air and missile defense portfolio. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rafael SPIKE familyPublisher: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems | Note: Official product-family page supporting Rafael's SPIKE electro-optical guided-missile portfolio and land, air, and naval launch-domain context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rafael Trophy APSPublisher: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems | Note: Official product page supporting Trophy active protection system background, platform integration context, and Rafael's role. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rafael SPICE 250Publisher: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems | Note: Official product page supporting Rafael's SPICE precision-guided air-to-surface weapon family context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Rafael 2025 resultsPublisher: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems | Note: Official Rafael news release supporting the 2025 record sales and new-order milestone in the timeline. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Wikimedia Commons Iron Beam 03Publisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and licensing page for Iron Beam imagery sourced from Rafael's official site, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 with Wikimedia VRT permission confirming publication terms. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

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Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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David's Sling air-defense system, Air and missile defense system, Air DefenseMay 2023 Israel-Gaza Conflict, 2023 Israel-Hamas War +3 moreDavid's Sling air-defense systemAir and missile defense systemBuilt in: Israel and United StatesDavid's Sling is Israel's mid-tier air and missile defense layer, co-developed by Rafael and Raytheon around the Stunner/SkyCeptor hit-to-kill interceptor. Operational since 2017, it sits between Iron Dome and Arrow in Israel's layered network and has documented wartime use against rockets from Gaza and Lebanon, surface-to-air missiles over Lebanon, and Iranian missile attacks.
Barak-8, Medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict +1 moreBarak-8Medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: Israel / IndiaBarak-8, including India's MRSAM and LR-SAM configurations and IAI's later Barak MX family, is an Israeli-Indian air and missile-defense system for naval and land launchers. The cataloged conflict record centers on reported Azerbaijani Barak-8 use in Nagorno-Karabakh, an Indian Air Force Barak-8 interception during Operation Sindoor, and Israeli Barak-family interceptions during the 2025 Israel-Iran conflict.
Stunner interceptor, Missile interceptor, Air DefenseMay 2023 Israel-Gaza Conflict, 2023 Israel-Hamas War +1 moreStunner interceptorMissile interceptorBuilt in: Israel, United StatesThe Stunner interceptor is the two-stage hit-to-kill missile fired by David's Sling, Israel's mid-tier air and missile-defense layer co-developed by Rafael and Raytheon. CSIS describes the missile as using radar datalink updates and onboard terminal seekers, while RTX markets SkyCeptor as a Stunner-family variant for short- to medium-range missile-defense threats. Source-backed operational use is documented in Gaza-related interceptions and the post-October 2023 Israel-Hezbollah fighting.
Iron Dome air-defense system, Mobile short-range air-defense system, Air Defense2012 Gaza-Israel Conflict, 2014 Gaza War +6 moreIron Dome air-defense systemMobile short-range air-defense systemBuilt in: IsraelIron Dome is an Israeli mobile short-range air-defense system built by Rafael and Israel Aerospace Industries to detect, track, and intercept rockets, artillery threats, and some UAVs before they hit populated areas. Known in Hebrew as Kippat Barzel, it became operational in 2011 and has documented combat use from the 2012 Gaza-Israel Conflict through later Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran-related fighting, including the April 2024 Iran-Israel exchange.
Tamir interceptor, Short-range surface-to-air interceptor missile, Air Defense2014 Gaza War, 2021 Israel-Palestine Crisis +1 moreTamir interceptorShort-range surface-to-air interceptor missileBuilt in: Israel / United StatesThe Tamir interceptor is the missile fired by Iron Dome batteries to defeat short-range rockets, UAVs, and similar threats. Open sources describe it as a compact, command-guided, active-radar interceptor with a blast-fragmentation warhead; CSIS ties Tamir expenditure to the 2021 Israel-Palestine Crisis, and Raytheon markets the U.S.-producible SkyHunter version with Rafael.

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Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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SPIKE anti-tank guided-missile family, Anti-tank guided missile family, Infantry Weapons2023 Israel-Hamas War, 2014 Gaza War +8 moreSPIKE anti-tank guided-missile familyAnti-tank guided missile familyBuilt in: IsraelRafael's SPIKE family is a combat-proven electro-optical guided-missile line whose long-range NLOS branch is also known as Tamuz in Israeli service and Exactor in British service. The family spans infantry, vehicle, aircraft, and naval launchers, from compact short-range variants to Spike NLOS, which reaches 32 km from land or 50 km from the air and has documented use by Israeli, British, Azerbaijani, and U.S. forces.

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Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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SPICE 2000/Mk 84 guided-bomb configuration, Air-delivered precision-guided bomb, Munitions2019 India-Pakistan Border Skirmishes, 2023 Israel-Hamas War +2 moreSPICE 2000/Mk 84 guided-bomb configurationAir-delivered precision-guided bombBuilt in: IsraelThe SPICE 2000/Mk 84 guided-bomb configuration pairs Rafael's SPICE guidance kit with a 2,000-pound Mk 84-series bomb body to create a stand-off, electro-optically guided air-to-surface weapon. Sources tie the configuration to Indian Air Force strikes in 2019 and reported 2025 use, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, and AP-documented Israeli use in Beirut during the 2023 Israel-Hezbollah Conflict.
Blue Sparrow, Air-launched ballistic target missile / air-to-surface ballistic munition, Munitions2024 Iran-Israel Exchange, 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict +1 moreBlue SparrowAir-launched ballistic target missile / air-to-surface ballistic munitionBuilt in: IsraelBlue Sparrow is a Rafael-built Israeli air-launched ballistic target missile in the Sparrow family, originally used to simulate medium- and long-range ballistic threats for missile-defense testing. Open Source Munitions Portal records and reporting on debris in Iraq show Blue Sparrow-family components in later Israeli long-range air-to-surface strike activity, while public sources still treat exact derivative designations and warhead configurations cautiously.
Arrow 3 interceptor, Exo-atmospheric ballistic missile interceptor, Munitions2023 Red Sea Crisis, 2024 Iran-Israel Exchange +1 moreArrow 3 interceptorExo-atmospheric ballistic missile interceptorBuilt in: Israel / United StatesArrow 3 is the exo-atmospheric, hit-to-kill interceptor in Israel's Arrow Weapon System, developed with U.S. support for long-range ballistic-missile defense. It moved from operational deployment in 2017 to documented combat use against Red Sea, Iranian, and Israel-Iran ballistic-missile threats, while Germany's procurement made it a European territorial-defense system as well as an Israeli air-defense layer.
Python-5 air-to-air missile, Fifth-generation dual-use air-to-air and air-defense missile, Munitions2006 Lebanon War, 2021 Israel-Palestine Crisis +1 morePython-5 air-to-air missileFifth-generation dual-use air-to-air and air-defense missileBuilt in: IsraelPython-5 is Rafael's fifth-generation dual-use air-to-air and air-defense missile, built around a dual-waveband imaging infrared seeker, lock-on-before-launch and lock-on-after-launch modes, and a full-sphere launch envelope. Public sources document Israeli F-16 use against Hezbollah UAVs in 2006 and Gaza-launched drones in 2021, while SPYDER batteries use Python-5 as the infrared-imaging interceptor alongside Derby-family radar-guided missiles.
SPICE 250 guided bomb, Guided bomb, Munitions2023 Israel-Hamas War, 2014 Yemen Civil WarSPICE 250 guided bombGuided bombBuilt in: IsraelSPICE 250 is Rafael's 125 kg-class Israeli stand-off guided bomb, marketed as an all-up round for fighter aircraft operating in GPS-denied environments. Lockheed Martin says the SPICE family is combat-proven and that SPICE 250 enables maximum loadout on F-16 and F-15 fighters; OSMP records document SPICE 250 remnants in Gaza during the 2023 Israel-Hamas War and at Hudaydah during the Yemen conflict's Red Sea escalation.

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Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Sa'ar 6-class corvette, Missile corvette, Naval Systems2023 Israel-Hamas War, 2023 Red Sea Crisis +1 moreSa'ar 6-class corvetteMissile corvetteBuilt in: Germany / IsraelThe Sa'ar 6-class corvette is an Israeli Navy missile corvette built in Germany and fitted in Israel with MF-STAR radar, Barak-family air defense, C-Dome, anti-ship missiles, and other combat systems. INS Atzmaut, rendered in English IDF and IAI releases as INS Independence, is one of four class ships; across the Gaza war, Red Sea crisis, and 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict, the class has served as a compact missile-ship layer for maritime strike support, air defense, and protection of Israel's maritime approaches.

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Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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LITENING Advanced Targeting Pod (AN/AAQ-28), Electro-optical targeting pod, Support Equipment2011 First Libyan Civil WarLITENING Advanced Targeting Pod (AN/AAQ-28)Electro-optical targeting podBuilt in: Israel / United StatesThe LITENING Advanced Targeting Pod (AN/AAQ-28) is a Rafael-designed, Northrop Grumman-supported electro-optical/infrared targeting pod family for precision targeting, surveillance, reconnaissance, and laser-guided weapon support. Manufacturer material describes a modular multispectral pod integrated across many aircraft types, while RAND's Libya air-war study documents LITENING pods supporting NATO strike and imagery workflows in the 2011 First Libyan Civil War.
Ofek reconnaissance satellites, Military reconnaissance satellite family, Support Equipment2025 Israel-Iran ConflictOfek reconnaissance satellitesMilitary reconnaissance satellite familyBuilt in: IsraelOfek is Israel's indigenous military observation-satellite family, built around compact low-Earth-orbit reconnaissance spacecraft launched mainly by Shavit rockets and operated through the Israeli defense establishment. Public releases describe electro-optical and synthetic-aperture-radar Ofek satellites feeding Unit 9900 and Israeli decision-makers with imagery for strategic intelligence, targeting support, battle-damage assessment, and persistent regional surveillance.