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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Historically tank armor has been ‘passive,’ providing protection just by being there, but this has been supplemented with ‘active’ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New video footage from the ongoing conflict in Gaza offers an especially good look at Israel's Trophy active protection system in ...

The US Army has revealed its M1E3 Abrams tank prototype. This next-generation battle tank features an unmanned turret and an ...

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

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 ...

Summary and Key Points: At the Eurosatory 2024 arms show in Paris, South Korean defense firm Hyundai Rotem unveiled the K2EX, an upgraded version of the K2 Black Panther main battle tank (MBT). The ...

Artis LLC's Iron Curtain Active Protection System when it was undergoing government characterization efforts on a Stryker combat vehicle. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army) Virginia-based defense ...

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 ...

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 ...

General Dynamics Corp. GD recently won a contract worth nearly $191.2 million from the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation to provide its Iron Fist Protection System B-kits. The delivery order is ...