Hard-kill active protection systems (APS) already come with a combination of sensors, effectors, and fire control components. Being able to adapt those APSs directly to the counter-drone role, ...

Israel’s Merkava main battle tank was designed around crew protection and survivability rather than traditional layout ...

In the late Cold War period, the Soviet Union deployed one of the world’s first operational hard-kill active protection ...

The Army’s M1E3 Abrams redesign targets the drone era with a lighter (~60-ton) tank, hybrid-electric drive, more onboard ...

Israeli army soldiers ride in the turret of a Merkava battle tank deploying along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on October 13, 2023. The protection and counter-punch offered by ...

Nearly all of the K2 components are produced locally, beginning with the tank’s CN08 main gun. Israeli defense firm Rafael just penned a historic agreement with South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem to install ...

The $228 million contract is a follow-on to the Active Protection System, which protects armored fighting vehicles from a variety of battlefield threats. Israeli defense company Elbit Systems ...

Active protection systems to defend large vehicles and main battle tanks (MBTs) first appeared as Russian systems in the late ...

The Trophy active protection system is seen in operation. (Courtesy of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems) MILAN — An Israeli defense company has signed a contract with the British Defence Ministry for ...

If main battle tanks (MBTs) earned trophies, the German-made Leopard 2 would likely have a shelf full of the awards, but this week it received a different type of trophy – namely the Trophy active ...

WASHINGTON — Defense contractor Artis is unveiling an active protection system it says addresses a gap the U.S. Army and other forces are looking to fill: the defense of attacks from above. The ...

The Akkor active protection system's subcomponents include a radar, effector projectile, and two-round launcher (from left to right). (Aselsan) Aselsan's Akkor active protection system (APS) will be ...