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Israeli Navy Conducts Complex C-Dome Test from Sa’ar 6 corvette
On May 29, 2023, the IDF conducted a series of live firings of the C-Dome naval point defense system from its new Sa’ar 6 corvette.
30 May 2023
On May 29, 2023, the IDF conducted a series of live firings of the C-Dome naval point defense system from its new Sa’ar 6 corvette.
Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on November 30, 2022, that it has successfully test-launched BARAK LRAD surface-to-air missile from Sa’ar 6-class corvette INS Oz.
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., with the Israeli Navy, and the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMDO) completed an advanced interception test of the C-DOME Naval Iron Dome System. The C-DOME is an advanced naval configuration of RAFAEL’s IRON DOME aerial defense system and is operated from the Missile Ship (INS) ‘Oz’ from the Sa’ar 6 ‘Magen’ Class Corvette.
The Israeli Navy ceremonially accepted delivery of Leonardo’s 76/62 Super Rapido Multi-Feeding naval gun for Sa’ar 6-class corvettes Oz and Magen on 13 September 2022 in Haifa, Israel.
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has handed over the last two ships, “INS Atzmaut” and “INS Nitzachon”, to the Israeli Navy on July 27. The SA`AR 6-class corvettes had been christened earlier. This means that all four ships ordered have now been delivered to the Israeli Navy.
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems today officially handed over the second of four corvettes to the Israeli Navy.
On November 11, 2020 the world’s most modern corvette “INS Magen” was officially handed over by thyssenkrupp Marine Systems to the Israeli Navy.
The Israeli Navy first Sa’ar 6-class corvette, INS Magen, will arrive in Israel in December, the country’s MoD said on . Within the coming year, three more Sa’ar 6 ships will be transferred to Israel from thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) Kiel shipyard, Germany.
ELTA Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), was awarded a contract by the Systems Missiles and Space Group of IAI to supply to the Israeli Navy four ELM-2248 MF-STARs Multi-Function Digital Radars, based on the latest Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) technology.
