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, ...

U.S. Army M1 Abrams tanks are being upgraded with a sort of invisible shield that will destroy incoming antitank missiles and other threats before reaching the tank. Known as Trophy, this cutting-edge ...

The U.S. Army is developing the M1E3, a significantly redesigned Abrams tank, skipping the planned M1A2 SEPv4. -Distinct from ...

The U.S. Army will test a German active protection system to defend its armored vehicles from anti-tank rockets. This marks a European entrant into a U.S. market that has been dominated by Israeli ...

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After decades of research, the Army has decided to do a wide rollout of active-protection systems for Abrams tanks. The systems are designed to thwart incoming antitank missiles and other projectiles.

More than 250 of the U.S. Army’s Abrams tanks will be equipped with a system designed to sense and destroy incoming anti-tank warheads. Breaking Defense reports the U.S. Army, as part of its 2019 ...

Marines fire an M1A1 Abrams tank during a low-light live-fire exercise near Kankaanpaa, Finland, May 16. (Staff Sgt. Marcin Platek/Marine Corps) In order to counter the proliferation of anti-tank ...

New video footage from the ongoing conflict in Gaza offers an especially good look at Israel's Trophy active protection system in action helping to protect a Merkava tank under attack. The video in ...

Nearly all of the K2 components are produced locally, beginning with the tank’s CN08 main gun. Israeli defense firm Rafael just penned a historic agreement with South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem to install ...

The VT-5, China North Industries Corporation’s (Norinco) export version of its new ZTQ light tank, also known as the ZTQ-15 or Type 15, will be equipped with a new active protection system and new ...

The German military plans to successively equip its tanks with active protection systems in light of the threat posed by modern anti-tank weapons. (Patrik Stollarz/AFP via Getty Images) COLOGNE, ...