ACTIVE PROTECTION: A component of the U.S. Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) hit avoidance system, the Active Protection System (APS), will be run through an end-to-end ...

Hard-kill active protection systems (APS) already come with a combination of sensors, effectors, and fire control components. Being able to adapt those APSs directly to the counter-drone role, ...

Soldiers participate in a gunnery exercise to evaluate Trophy Active Protection System for tanks. (Winifred Brown/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army wants to pursue a more layered approach to protecting combat ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: While the T-90A is still outgunned by Western main battle tanks, it does sport number of defensive systems particularly effective verses anti-tank missiles that (all.

After years of setbacks, the U.S. Army is finally ready to equip its M2A4 Bradley fighting vehicles with the Israeli-designed "Iron Fist" Active Protection System (APS). Cut from the same cloth as the ...

Key Points and Summary - An expert analysis ranks the world's five best main battle tanks, with the upgraded American M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams taking the top spot. -The heavily modernized Abrams, featuring ...

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced on Tuesday that it was awarded a contract of approximately $127 million (approximately NIS472,239,975) to supply Iron Fist Active Protection Systems (APS) to General ...

WASHINGTON — Defense contractor Artis is unveiling an active protection system it says addresses a gap the U.S. Army and other forces are looking to fill: the defense of attacks from above. The ...

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced it was granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the ...