Defense Ministry Director General Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Eshel will sign the order in the coming days, after which he hopes for an accelerated process for the development of the Magen Or system, which will be installed in the first phase near the Gaza Strip.
The development of the plan will be led by the Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure in the Defense Ministry. Rafael will be the main developer of the system, in collaboration with Elbit Systems.
Over the past few months, work has been completed on the groundbreaking technology that enables the deployment of a high-power laser transmitter that can destroy rockets, shrapnel and unmanned aerial vehicles.
In the first phase, hundreds of millions of NIS will be allocated from the defense budget for development and experiments of the system. In the next phase, the defense system is expected to allocate additional hundreds of millions to complete the development process.
This morning, the Minister of Defense toured the Rafael Company complex, together with the head of R&D at Mapat, Brigadier General Yaniv Rotem, the General Manager of Rafael Maj. Gen. (Res.) Sabag, who introduced him to the system developed, following the working meetings that have taken place in recent months.
