Super Dvora Mk-III

The Israeli Navy received the last of three Super Dvora MK III fast patrol boats on 27 April. Built by Israel Aerospace Industries Ramta, the boats are the latest C variant, meaning they have improved communications equipment, the latest weapons systems, an upgraded machine room, and more space for the crew, the Israel Defense Forces […]

The Israeli Navy will gradually introduce a new command-and-control (C2) system for all its vessels within three years, according to a senior naval officer. Israel’s order of four Saar 6-class missile corvettes from the German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) was the catalyst for developing a new C2 system that can be used across the […]

Hamas in Gaza has received Iranian operational instructions on how to prepare swarm-like boat attacks, and is preparing such capabilities for clashes with Israel, according to a senior naval source. The Israel Navy’s Squadron 916 of fast patrol boats, tasked with securing the coastline, is training and preparing itself for combat with Hamas, while keeping […]

The Israeli Navy’s fleet of fast patrol boats is adapting to new roles and threats. Divided into three squadrons, the boats are tasked with defending Israel’s Mediterranean coastline – an area that includes two offshore gas-drilling rigs – and blockading the Gaza Strip. The fleet includes Shaldag, Super Dvora Mk I, Mk II, and Mk […]

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on 31 March that it had received a contract worth “tens of millions of dollars” to supply four Super Dvora Mk 3 fast patrol boats to an African military customer. It said the craft would be built at its Ramta facility in Israel and delivered in 2016, after which it […]

MTU America Inc., Novi, Michigan, is being awarded a $6,868,800 firm-fixed-price contract for three shipsets of propulsion system hardware and two spare marine gears for the Israeli Navy Super Dvora fast patrol boats. This contract involves Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Israel (100 percent). This contract to support the Israeli Navy under FMS case IS-P-LHC […]

BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Armament Systems Division, Louisville, Kentucky, is being awarded a $28,697,931 firm-fixed-price contract for the fiscal 2014 production of the MK 38 Machine Gun System (MGS). This contract fulfills specified requirements and technical performance requirements for the MK38 MOD2 25mm MGS Ordnance Alteration and provides additional spare parts. This contract […]

An Israel Navy vessel overturned at sea a few kilometers off the coast of Gaza on Monday. The Israel Navy safely evacuated all sailors back to shore and there were no injuries in the incident. The navy has launched an investigation into the circumstances of the accident and has temporarily frozen the activity of the […]

Israel wants to purchase four relatively small, frigate-class ships to protect its natural gas reserves in the Mediterranean Sea, at a reported cost of about $100 million per boat. Last week, Haaretz reported that Israel and Germany were at an advanced stage of talks over the purchase. However, a deal has not been signed and […]