
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…