By Arie Egozi, Autonomy Global – Ambassador for Israel
Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is showcasing the latest generation of its PUZZLE multi-domain intelligence and decision-support suite at Singapore Airshow 2026 to position the AI-enabled system as a core enabler for faster, higher-confidence combat decisions in complex theaters. Featured alongside Rafael’s broader air and space portfolio, Rafael designed the upgraded PUZZLE Suite to fuse massive volumes of sensor data into a single operational picture that accelerates the sensor‑to‑effector cycle across air, land, sea and space domains.
AI-Powered Multi-Domain Intelligence
PUZZLE is an AI-based decision support system that ingests and correlates data from a wide range of intelligence sources, including VISINT (visual intelligence, such as photos, satellite imagery and video) and SIGINT (signals intelligence from communications and electronic systems). Advanced machine learning algorithms filter noise, extract patterns and generate a fused, multi-disciplinary intelligence picture aimed at shortening operational timelines and raising the quality of commanders’ decisions.
Rafael positions PUZZLE as a way to help militaries cope with dense, radio frequency (RF)‑saturated environments where troops must detect, classify and prioritize thousands of transmissions and targets in near real time. By separating critical insights from background activity, the company intends the suite to increase the throughput of intelligence units and enable analysts to focus on the highest-value problems rather than manual data triage.
Core Applications In The PUZZLE Suite
The PUZZLE Suite brings together four primary web-based applications that can be deployed as an integrated solution or as stand‑alone capabilities depending on mission and customer needs.
- SIGNAL.AI: An AI-based exploitation system that processes RF communications and electronic emissions to identify, classify and geo-locate hostile networks. This turns raw detections into actionable signal intelligence. By automating much of the low-level analysis, SIGNAL.AI aims to reduce workload for SIGINT operators and accelerate threat detection and tracking.
- IMILITE: A national-level IMINT and GEOINT system that unifies multi-sensor imagery flows, from airborne and space-based platforms, into a common exploitation and dissemination framework. IMILITE applies image-processing and AI tools to support target identification, change detection and rapid distribution of imagery intelligence across commands.
- TARGETS: A multi-domain targeting environment that helps commanders translate intelligence into an operational language, it generates and ranks targets according to mission criteria, timing and desired effects. The system integrates inputs from diverse sources to present decision-makers with dynamic, prioritized target sets aligned with campaign objectives.
- FORCE: A many-to-many effector hub that matches targets with available effectors, builds fire plans and simulates outcomes to optimize munition and platform allocation under time pressure. FORCE is designed to maximize cumulative effects on high-priority targets while enabling rapid re-tasking as the operational picture evolves.
Together, these applications form an end‑to‑end chain from sensing and exploitation to targeting and effects delivery, with humans kept firmly in the loop as final decision-makers. Rafael emphasizes that the architecture is net-centric and scalable to support national or regional centers as well as forward-deployed command posts and mobile headquarters.
Shortening The Sensor-To-Effector Loop
According to Rafael, the latest PUZZLE iteration focuses on compressing the full sensor‑to‑effector cycle in contested environments, where decision speed can be decisive. By providing a shared operational picture that connects intelligence, precision strike assets and air defense systems, the suite aims to enable faster, better-coordinated responses across joint and combined forces.
The company says the system delivers several operational benefits: improved detection and prioritization of high-value targets, more efficient employment of munitions and platforms and a significant increase in manpower productivity that “transforms experts into decision-makers.” In practice, that means analysts, targeteers and planners can spend more time on course-of-action assessment and less on manual data processing or deconfliction.
Rafael Leadership On Integrated Operations
Yoav Tourgeman, CEO and President of Rafael, underlined that modern operations increasingly depend on the ability to integrate sensing, intelligence, precision strike and air defense into a single operational picture. He noted that when these capabilities are tightly connected, they fundamentally change how forces understand and manage the battlefield, enabling commanders to act with greater confidence and tempo across domains.
At Singapore Airshow 2026, Rafael presents PUZZLE as part of a broader ecosystem that includes space-based sensing solutions like LITESITE and advanced precision-strike systems such as ICE BREAKER and SEA BREAKER. The company argues that this multi-layered approach, anchored by AI-driven decision support, remains essential for partners seeking to adapt to rapidly evolving threats and information-saturated battle spaces.