Varley Rafael Australia plans local Spike anti-tank missile manufacture
As SPIKE LR2 has been selected for LAND400-2, LAND400-3 and LAND159 Defense programs in Australia, VRA believes it has a solid business case
Eyal Boguslavsky
| 16/03/2023
Rafael Spike missile. Photo: Rafael
Are we heading towards the establishment of a Rafael facility for the production of spike missiles in Australia, the first of its kind outside of Israel? The joint venture company of Rafael and the Australian Varley company, Varley Rafael Australia (VRA), has reaffirmed its plans to build an Australian production capability for the SPIKE LR2 Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) and Integration Launcher System Kits (SIKs).
VRA has already manufactured and delivered SIKs (launcher and missile control elements) back into the global RAFAEL supply chain for Rheinmetall’s LAND400-2 Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles. The SIKs strictly controlled production assembly activities were successfully undertaken outside of RAFAEL’s Israel facilities for the first time.
As SPIKE LR2 has been selected for LAND400-2, LAND400-3 and LAND159 Defense programs in Australia, VRA believes it has a solid business case fully aligned with federal government’s GWEO Enterprise approach.
Already in September 2017, when the joint venture company VRA was established, the partners announced their intention to build a facility for the production of the Spike LR2 anti-tank missile in Australia, with the aim of competing in the large tender for new Armored Combat Vehicles for the Australian Army LAND 400 Phase 2.
As SPIKE LR2 has been selected for LAND400-2, LAND400-3 and LAND159 Defense programs in Australia, VRA believes it has a solid business case
Rafael Spike missile. Photo: Rafael
Are we heading towards the establishment of a Rafael facility for the production of spike missiles in Australia, the first of its kind outside of Israel? The joint venture company of Rafael and the Australian Varley company, Varley Rafael Australia (VRA), has reaffirmed its plans to build an Australian production capability for the SPIKE LR2 Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) and Integration Launcher System Kits (SIKs).
VRA has already manufactured and delivered SIKs (launcher and missile control elements) back into the global RAFAEL supply chain for Rheinmetall’s LAND400-2 Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles. The SIKs strictly controlled production assembly activities were successfully undertaken outside of RAFAEL’s Israel facilities for the first time.
As SPIKE LR2 has been selected for LAND400-2, LAND400-3 and LAND159 Defense programs in Australia, VRA believes it has a solid business case fully aligned with federal government’s GWEO Enterprise approach.
Already in September 2017, when the joint venture company VRA was established, the partners announced their intention to build a facility for the production of the Spike LR2 anti-tank missile in Australia, with the aim of competing in the large tender for new Armored Combat Vehicles for the Australian Army LAND 400 Phase 2.
