Active Protection Systems (APS)

The Navy awarded General Dynamics’ Mission Systems [GD] a $93 million contract on Sept. 30 to design, test and deliver the Hammerhead Prototype encapsulated anti-submarine warfare mine system. The Navy […]

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 […]

The Army’s fiscal 2019 budget request includes funding to equip three Armored Brigade Combat Teams worth of Abrams tanks with Trophy active protection systems (APS) capable of knocking down enemy […]

Testing of the anti-guided missile shield the Army has chosen for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle has been pushed into January because of difficulty marrying the Iron Fist active protection system […]

Having identified a range of methods for balancing the tank’s turret when installed, the Army will outfit a brigade’s worth of M1A2 Abrams with guided missile shields by 2020. After […]

The Army has pumped the breaks on the previously ambitious effort to outfit the M1 Abrams with active protection systems, deciding more time is needed to properly integrate APS components […]

After buying off-the-shelf active protection systems (APS) for frontline combat vehicles, the Army plans to launch an open competition for missile shields to outfit the remainder of its fleets, according […]

For the first time, the Army in its fiscal 2018 budget request has set aside significant funding to purchase and develop systems that can protect combat vehicles from missiles. In […]

For the first time, the Army in its fiscal 2018 budget request has set aside significant funding to purchase and develop systems that can protect combat vehicles from missiles. In […]

The Trump Administration’s proposed 2018 defense budget falls short of the dramatic boost to military spending he has repeatedly promised, focusing instead on beefing up near-term combat capabilities while setting […]