Rafael Superior Protection Programs Ltd., with the Israeli Navy, and the Israel Ministry of Protection IMDO accomplished a complicated interception take a look at of the C-DOME Naval Iron Dome System. The C-DOME is a complicated naval configuration of RAFAEL’s IRON DOME aerial protection system and is operated from the Missile Ship (INS) ‘Oz’ from the Sa’ar 6 ‘Magen’ Class Corvette. As a part of the interception take a look at, the system was put in on the INS ‘Oz’ corvette, the second of 4 superior missile corvettes obtained by the Israeli Navy within the final two years. Operationalizing the system constitutes a big milestone in enhancing the capabilities of the corvettes. The C-DOME System constitutes a big addition to the Israeli Navy’s protection capabilities in a big selection of missions, together with the guarding of strategic property, the Unique Financial Zone, and sustaining the regional maritime superiority of the State of Israel.
Protection Minister, Benny Gantz: “The operationalization of the C-DOME system is a big milestone for the State of Israel’s naval protection capabilities. I wish to congratulate the Israeli Navy, the Ministry of Protection’s IMDO, and Rafael, for this groundbreaking technological course of and for his or her cooperation and dedication that led to this nice success. Israel is continuous to construct and strengthen its protection and assault capabilities – and can proceed to maintain its defensive edge within the space.”
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Government Vice President Dr. Ran Gozali, Head of the Land and Naval Programs Directorate, RAFAEL: “The C-DOME is the primary operational naval protection answer of its form and the take a look at on the Saar 6 corvette of the Israeli Navy serves as a monumental achievement within the improvement of the system. We’re proud to see the C-DOME being operated by the Israeli Navy and its safety of Israel’s strategic property.”
Deputy Commander in Chief & Chief of Employees, Rear Admiral Man Goldfarb: “The Israeli Navy is on the peak of the superior operationalization of the Sa’ar 6 corvettes, presently going down at file pace. The profitable interception exams are a results of the C-DOME system’s implementation onboard the INS ‘Oz’ corvette. We not too long ago acknowledged the preliminary operationalization of the INS ‘Magen’ corvette, the primary to affix the Sa’ar 6 collection and full its first operational exercise – the patrol of the State of Israel’s Unique Financial Zone and the safety of our financial and strategic property.”
Head of the Israel Ministry of Protection IMDO, Moshe Patel: “The C-DOME system expertly recognized threats and efficiently intercepted them by launching IRON DOME interceptors in direction of them from the ocean. C-DOME, the naval configuration of the IRON DOME, promotes additional operational flexibility and has turn out to be part of the State of Israel’s multi-tiered missile and air protection array.”
The take a look at’s success is a product of the joint technological and engineering efforts of the Israeli Navy, the Ministry of Protection Directorate for Protection R&D (DDR&D), Rafael Superior Protection Programs because the prime contractor and developer, the Israel Aerospace Industries’ Elta because the radar producer, and mPrest because the C2 producer. The operational system was created by way of the combination of a number of completely different techniques, using full operational capabilities that will likely be utilized by the feminine and male sailors of the Israeli Navy. The C-DOME constitutes a further layer of the State of Israel’s multi-tiered missile and air protection array, based mostly on 4 operational protection tiers: IRON DOME, DAVID’S SLING, Arrow 2, and Arrow 3. The Israel Ministry of Protection Israel Missile Protection Group (IMDO) inside the DDR&D led the techniques’ improvement.
