RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems
Israeli state-linked defence manufacturer (Iron Dome and related systems)
| RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Defence manufacturer (Israeli government-linked) |
| Headquarters | Israel |
| Industry | Defence manufacturing |
RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems (often styled Rafael) is an Israeli defence manufacturer. Defense News has described it as maker of Israel's Iron Dome air-defence system. In December 2023 the company's board appointed Yoav Turgeman, a retired Israeli Navy colonel and then chief executive of Israel Aerospace Industries subsidiary Elta Systems, as Rafael's new CEO, subject to approval by Israel's defence and regional cooperation ministers and a review committee. Turgeman had joined IAI in 2006 after navy service that included heading the combat systems department; at IAI he had led the Arrow air-defence programme and later Elta.[1]
Rafael sits on Unit 8200-related firm lists only under the broader "occupation forces veterans" framing used on Powerbase firm tables; this stub does not claim a Unit 8200 founding link.
See also
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
- Israel Aerospace Industries
Notes
- ↑ Tzally Greenberg, Israeli firm Rafael picks Elta Systems boss as new chief executive, Defense News, 6 December 2023.