Tel Aviv. Israeli company Rafael has unveiled a variety of cutting-edge Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) solutions designed to provide manoeuvring forces with comprehensive protection against a wide range of aerial threats in the evolving UAS threat landscape.
According to the company, these advanced capabilities ensure security, operational effectiveness, and successful mission completion across diverse scenarios for both mounted and dismounted ground forces.
Leveraging extensive expertise in defence technologies, Rafael’s C-UAS solutions utilise a diverse array of battle-proven systems adaptable to any combat vehicle, whether wheeled (4×4, 6×6, 8×8) or tracked.
According to Rafael, its modular solutions enable the detection, classification, and neutralisation of various aerial threats, ensuring uninterrupted manoeuvrability and security for manoeuvring forces.
Upon identification and classification of a threat, Rafael offers several neutralisation options. These include the Drone Dome system’s soft-kill technologies, which disrupt navigation and communication, as well as hard-kill systems capable of destroying aerial threats.
Depending on the user’s preference, these systems can include the Samson Remote Weapon Station (RWS) for kinetic neutralisation and the Lite Beam High Energy Laser Weapon System, which offers advantages such as engagement at the speed of light, an unlimited magazine, and negligible cost per interception.
Rafael’s latest modular C-UAS solutions for force protection can operate alongside the Trophy Active Protection System (APS) in a combat formation to enhance ground manoeuvre capabilities across the battlespace. The C-UAS Drone Dome solution, with its laser interception capability, can be integrated on 4×4, 6×6, and 8×8 wheeled and tracked vehicles to support counter-drone missions as well as other force protection missions.
-The writer is an Israel-based freelance journalist. The views expressed are of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda
