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Lockheed, Northrop Complete Initial Laboratory Integration of Modular Missile Shield Subsystems

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Lockheed, Northrop Complete Initial Laboratory Integration of Modular Missile Shield Subsystems
U.S. Soldiers, assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, secure their Battalion headquarters in a M1 Abrams Tank, during Decisive Action Rotation 17-04 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb 19, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. JD Sacharok, Operations Group, National Training Center)

The Army’s developmental active protection system (APS) program took a step forward when Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully linked its open-architecture processor with Northrop Grumman's [NOC] electro-optic sensors and countermeasures.Lockheed and Northrop are working with the Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to develop the Modular Active Protection System (MAPS), a guided missile shield for combat vehicles.The recent milestone entailed hooking Lockheed's modular data processor with Northrop's active protection sensors and soft-kill countermeasures in a laboratory setting and testing…

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