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Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. (Template:Langx) is an Israeli defense technology company. It was founded as Israel's National R&D Defense Laboratory for the development of weapons and military technology within the Israeli Ministry of Defense; in 2002 it was incorporated as a limited company.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HistoryEdit

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Rafael's Iron Dome air defense and C-RAM system
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Israeli soldier with Spike anti-tank missile launcher
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Python-5 (front) and Shafrir 1 (back) missiles
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Popeye standoff missile
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Rafael's Trophy active protection system, "Windbreaker", on an Israeli Merkava Mk IV main battle tank

Rafael was established in 1948 as the Science Corps (Template:Langx, known by the acronym HEMED, Template:Langx) under the leadership of Shlomo Gur. It was renamed the Research and Design Directorate (Template:Script/Hebrew) in 1952. In 1952 David Ben-Gurion decided to split the activities of HEMED into two agencies. The pure scientific research was left with HEMED, while the development of weapons was placed into the new EMET agency.<ref>The bomb is the basement, page 43</ref>

In 1954 Ben-Gurion decided to change the name of EMET to RAFAEL (Template:Langx).<ref>The bomb is the basement, page 113</ref> It was reorganized as Rafael in 1958.<ref name="merdor">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

In 1995, Yitzhak Rabin asked Amos Horev to become chairman of the board of Rafael, following many years in which Horev had served as chairman of Rafael's advisory committee.<ref name="mit-forumil">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Horev served as chairman until January 2001.<ref name="mit-forumil"/>

Restructuring as a limited companyEdit

During the early 1990s Rafael was operating at a loss (peaking in 1995, with a loss of $120 million on a turnover of $460 million). Therefore, it was decided to restructure the organization and start operating Rafael as a company. Initially the new company had three discrete divisions, each operating as a profit center, with a separate balance sheet presented to the newly formed management board.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The restructuring was completed in 2002 when Rafael was formally incorporated as a limited company (although still as a government-owned corporation), while maintaining its technological capabilities through an investment of about 10% of turnover in R&D programs. In its first year as a limited company, Rafael earned a $37 million profit on $830 million in sales.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> By 2016, Rafael reported annual net profits of 473 million ILS (roughly 130 million dollars), up 3%, compared with ILS 459 million in 2015. New orders in 2016 totaled ILS 10.7 billion, and sales amounted to ILS 8.32 billion, 6% more than in 2015. The company's orders backlog as of the end of 2016 was ILS 21.72 billion, 12% more than at the end of 2015.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On October 14, 2007, the company changed its name from Rafael Armament Development Authority Ltd. to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.

Notable productsEdit

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Civilian technology transferEdit

In 1993, Rafael Development Corporation (RDC), a technology transfer company, was established as a joint venture with Elron Electronic Industries; in order to commercialize applications based on defense technologies for medical devices, telecommunications, and semiconductor industries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The company established and developed several companies including:

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  • Starling Advanced Communications (TASE:STLG) – a provider of broadband wireless networking solutions for airliners.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Galil Medical – a developer of cryotherapy solutions.<ref name=globes>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • SELA Semiconductor Engineering Laboratories – a provider of automated sample preparation tools for semiconductor manufacturers, sold to Camtek Intelligent Imaging.<ref name=globes />
  • 3DV Systems – developers of the ZCam, a time-of-flight camera products for video applications, sold to Microsoft.<ref name="MS confirmed">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Medingo – developer of a micro pump insulin delivery system consists of two parts: a semi-disposable insulin dispensing patch and a remote control, which allows for discreet personalized insulin delivery. The company was sold to Hoffmann-La Roche's subsidiary Roche Diagnostics for $160 million as well as up to $40 million in milestone payments.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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SPYDER launcher

ProductsEdit

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See alsoEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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  • The bomb in the basement, Michael Karpin, Ed Simon & Schuster. Template:ISBN

External linksEdit

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