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Army ‘Tees Up’ Decision On Abrams Tank Missile Shields

Thursday, August 17th, 2017

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Army ‘Tees Up’ Decision On Abrams Tank Missile Shields

A M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment engages a target during the company’s Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise at Fort Stewart, Georgia Feb. 4, 2017.

ABERDEEN TEST CENTER, Md. – By October the Army will have decided whether to outfit a brigade’s worth of Abrams tanks with the Trophy active protection systems (APS) that the service has been studying for months.The Army’s program executive office for ground combat systems (PEO GCS) has finished collecting information that will “tee up” a decision by Army leaders on whether to invest in the system, which can automatically detect, track and disable or destroy incoming guided munitions.Over the months…

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