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Defence Forces [IDF],’ said Bittion, ‘This is
why we bring a lot of technology and a lot
of systems and capabilities that can help
the force to manoeuvre on the battlefield,’
he said, highlighting Rafael’s approach to
FP. The cornerstone of Rafael’s FP offering
is the Trophy Active Protection System
(APS) which has been combat-proven
onboard multiple Israeli Defence Force
(IDF) ground combat vehicles, including
the Merkava MkIV main battle tank and
Namer armoured personnel carrier.

Trophy is designed to protect vehicles in
open terrain as well as in densely populat-
ed, urban areas and due to its extensive
operational history with the IDF, many eu-
ropean and other international users have
opted for the APS on their MBTs and AFVs.
‘The feedback we have received from the
IDF shows that Trophy is not just an APS
but also an enabler for offensive opera-
tions. Not only does it protect the team,
Trophy also enables manoeuvre,’ Bitton
said, highlighting video footage which
showed Trophy successfully neutralising
RPGs at very close-in range. ‘If a command-
er identifies a point on the map where his
unit must get to within a certain period
of time, Trophy enables that unit to reach
that place under any threat. This is force
protection for an agile and rapid combat
manoeuvre force,’ he continued. have been proven in recent live fire tests, bring even more capabilities to the full hemi-
which show top attack defence capability. sphere arena,’ enabling the most advanced
Futureproofing Force Protection The Trophy APS has been able to protect protection to both crews and platforms in
vehicles against top and salvo attacks by
the field, Bitton stated.
Rafael is now responding to requests from anti-tank guided munitions and loitering
the IDF and international customers, by munitions. ‘Our message to all of our cus- Rafael’s latest Modular C-UAS solutions
constantly adapting to evolving threats, in- tomers, whether they be in Israel, Europe, for force protection can operate alongside
cluding airborne. Some of these capabilities North America and beyond, is that we now Trophy APS in a combat formation to fur-
ther improve combat ground manoeuvre
across the battlespace. The C-UAS Drone
Dome solution, with its laser interception
capability, can be integrated onboard 4×4,
6×6, and 8×8 wheeled and tracked vehicles
to support counter-drone missions as well
as other force protection mission sets.

The company’s Modular C-UAS solutions
are capable of detecting, identifying and
neutralising drone threats thanks to elec-
tro-optical and radar sensors and a variety
of plug-and-play soft and hard kill effectors,
which can include Rafael’s Radio Frequency
jammer; Lite Beam high energy laser; and
anti-drone drones.

Additional hard kill effectors include a
30mm cannon on board Rafael’s Samson
remote-controlled weapon station (which
can be programmed to fire airburst ammu-
nition) and the company’s popular Spike
LR2 anti-tank and anti-personnel missile.

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