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Successful U.S. Evaluation For Rafael’s Active Protection System

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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

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By Ann Roosevelt Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems yesterday said its Trophy system, the operational Active Protection System (APS) for armored fighting vehicles and military battle tanks (MBT) developed for the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) has completed an evaluation by the U.S. Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD). An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Stryker Armored Fighting Vehicle fitted with Trophy withstood numerous missiles and rocket attacks under a six-week test and evaluation program, the company said. For the OSD…

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