- Headquarters
- Haifa, Israel · Middle East
- Value chain
- Systems integration(Systems & services); also Hardware & devices
- What that means
- Joins products into systems and delivers programmes: defence and aerospace primes, system integrators, EPC contractors.
- Founded
- 1948
- Ownership
- State-owned
- Website
- rafael.co.il
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Directed Energy Technologies
Haifa, IsraelIn 3 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Directed Energy TechnologiesVery high
Energy Technologies · Integration · listed #3 of 50
Developed Iron Beam, a 100 kW-class high-energy laser air defence system that Israel declared operational in 2025, along with the lighter Lite Beam and Iron Beam M variants.
Relevance: Developed Iron Beam, the first operational 100 kW-class laser.
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Manufacture · listed #20 of 50
Makes the BNET broadband software-defined MANET radio family, which uses spectrum-sensing multi-channel networking for contested environments.
Relevance: Spectrum-sensing MANET radio family
- Energetic MaterialsModerate
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Research · listed #25 of 50
Israeli state firm with in-house energetic-materials and solid-propulsion R&D for Iron Dome, David's Sling and Spike missiles.
Relevance: Israeli energetic materials and propulsion developer