At the beginning of July, the Israeli MoD and Rafael jointly announced a new wave of upgrades for the IRON DOME system, releasing footage of a major field test carried out to validate the advancements.
The test pitted IRON DOME against a massed assault carried out by drones, rockets and cruise missiles and saw the integrated employment of the IROM BEAM high-power laser system as well. The employment of IRON DOME in the scenario was controlled in fully integrated way through the IRON DOME’s own battle management center (BMC).
The upgrades are specifically meant to improve the system’s ability to contend with high rates and volumes of fire, avoiding saturation. The footage shows the use of IRON BEAM lasers to deal with the target drones, leaving the TAMIR interceptor missiles free to deal with missiles and rockets.
The upgrades have been delivered under the direction of the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) at the Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D) within the Israel Ministry of Defense, working closely with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems as lead designed of both IRON DOME and IRON BEAM, plus Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) through its ELTA Systems division (supplier of the radars), and mPrest.
IRON DOME has been operational since 2011 and has protected Israel in thousands of occasions since, intercepting rockets and air-breathing threats.
Alongside system upgrades, Israel is also working on an indispensable acceleration to the production of interception missiles, both within Israel and in the US. During the war against Iran, IROM DOME and the other, upper layers of Israel’s air defences had to shoot down great number of targets, leading to concerns about the supply of interceptors.
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