
The department is responsible for the research and development of technologies in the field of SIGINT, radar, electronic warfare (EW), and underwater acoustics it is the workshop for all RF sensors and the realization of their abilities in their respective fields. The department is responsible for developing technology in the field of ICT, and intelligence with an emphasis on cyber, communication, satellite communication, command and control systems, navigation, visual information processing and mapping for various branches of the IDF and the defense establishment. ICT (Communications, Command & Control) Department The Optronics department is engaged in the R&D of top of the line systems with the ability to operate on the ground or in the air through accurate optronic tools and the development of laser systems among others. The department is responsible for the initation and development of technology components and antennas for electro-optical systems. Products from this department include the Trophy, among the world's most effective active protection systems (APS), and the only operational, combat-proven APS defending tanks from artillery and mortar fire. The department is responsible for meeting the armament needs of the IDF (particularly those of the Ground Forces), and defense estalishment by developing technology such as unmanned vehicles, weapons and ammunition, non-lethal weapons, future combat vehicles, and more. The department develops some of the market's most advanced systems including the Iron Dome missile defense system, advanced air-to-air missiles, anti-tank missiles, ground-to-air missiles, and more. The department is responsible for initiating and developing rocket and missile systems and solutions for operational needs such as: maintaining aerial superiority and defense, attacking field targets, land-based combat in enemy territory, naval superiority based on missiles, aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and support systems for the various branches of the IDF. Their work is divided into several departments: The head of R&D is a Brigadier General, and the unit consists of military and civilian personnel, all of whom are researchers and engineers with advanced academic degrees. Cooperation with the academia, research institutes, high-tech companies, defense industries, and the military, enables the unit to combine congruent technologies and find solutions to close operational gaps. The IDF's qualitative military edge is largely based on the systems developed by this unit.
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Secondly, they are responsible for managing the progress of these projects and bringing them to their full operational capabilities (Full Scale Development). First, to initiate and conduct research, advance development projects, and promote the technology and building blocks for future systems. The unit is tasked with two main functions. The Military Research and Development Unit is the beating heart of the DDR&D, initating and leading technological research and development projects, which result in some of the world's most effective weapon systems. "Since we fail in quantity, we we must raise the quality" - Israel's first Prime Minister and Defense Minister, David Ben Gurion in 1953, in regards to the establishment of the R&D unit in the DDR&D Innovation enables Israel to strengthen the defense establishment and ensure the IDF's qualitative military edge. But quickly outfitting America's helicopter fleet with an already-dissed system? That's not how the Army's buyers work, in my experience.Israel is a global leader in the field of defense research and development with capabilities that not only provide solutions for its own national security needs, but also for those of the international community. So I don't doubt there there was some meeting, somewhere, between Trophy-maker Rafael and an American Army official. defense establishment is scrambling for new helicopter defenses, in the wake of all those recent chopper shootdowns over Iraq. Presumably, there would be less of a collateral damage concern, if the two munitions met a few hundred feet in the sky.

(Fox News even called it a " force field.") Depending on who you believe, the system was spiked either because of concerns about what would happen to the civilians and G.I.s surrounding the projectile collision, or because of shady insider dealing with a rival contractor. Army decided not to use it, despite a pretty stellar test record. The Israeli military is outfitting some of its tanks with the so-called "active protection." But the U.S. The Israeli " Trophy" system knocks incoming rocket-propelled grenades out of the air, with a mini-missile of its own.

Army, being picked up for helicopter protection. Speaking of dubious stories out of Israel, here's another tough-to-believe scenario: a controversial vehicle-defense system, recently rejected by the U.S.
