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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The U.S. Army has just signed a contract to deploy Israel's Iron Fist active protection system for the M2A4 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, marking a new step in making APS standard equipment on ...

South Koreaʼs Hanwha Systems is developing an upgraded version of its active protection system (APS), a company official told Janes at the World Defense Show (WDS) ...

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 ...