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’ ...

Military technological development is like a constant game of rock-paper-scissors. Machine guns contributed to the invention of the tank, which led to the invention of anti-tank weapons. This prompted ...

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 ...

New Delhi: Aiming to defeat current generation of anti-tank threats including from Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), the Indian Army has issued a request for information (RFI) to manufacture active ...

The German military plans to successively equip its tanks with active protection systems in light of the threat posed by modern anti-tank weapons. (Patrik Stollarz/AFP via Getty Images) COLOGNE, ...

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 ...

Thousands of U.S. and allied armored vehicles swept into Kuwait and southern Iraq 30 years ago for the final decisive battle of the Persian Gulf War. During 100 hours of sometimes fierce fighting, ...

The Portuguese Army is considering adding an active protection system (APS) to its Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks (MBTs), providing the tank with 360° detection, tracking, ...

Some of Israel and Germany’s defense heavy-weights—Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, and General Dynamics European Land Systems—announced their intention to create a joint ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global active protection system (APS) market report. This market research report also lists three other ...