U.S. Army chooses two active protection systems for evaluation to protect future armored combat vehicles
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army has picked two active protection systems to evaluate next fall for possible applications on a variety of armored combat vehicles. Defense News reports. Continue reading original article
The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:
12 Dec. 2019 -- A Rheinmetall and Unified Business Technologies team received an $11 million contract from the Army to provide its StrikeShield APS system for the test. And a DRS and Rafael team received a similar contract to participate.
After evaluating two active protection systems — StrikeShield and Rafael’s Trophy VPS — in a 2018 demonstration, and determining neither were the right fit for an interim APS capability for the Stryker combat vehicle, it appears the door is opening back up for that capability.
It is likely the solution the Army is evaluating from DRS and Rafael is Trophy VPS, Rafael’s lighter version of its Trophy APS system that is being fielded on Abrams tanks.
Related: Army looks to DRS Land Systems for active protection aboard M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks
John Keller, chief editor
Military & Aerospace Electronics
