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Future Army Vehicle Missile Shields Defined By Open-Architecture Brain

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Future Army Vehicle Missile Shields Defined By Open-Architecture Brain
Aerial drone image of an M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank crew, from the 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conducting Table VI Gunnery at Fort Stewart, Ga. December 8, 2016.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--Lockheed Martin [LMT] will continue to develop the Army’s future vehicle missile shield open architecture controller, a central brain that will operate a suite of technologies providing layered protection against enemy guided munitions.About 45 companies are working in a consortium to design the Army’s Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) suite of sensors and countermeasures aimed at shielding a variety of Army vehicles from proliferating advanced munitions. Lockheed is in charge of developing the open-architecture controller that will link all…

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