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, ...

New video footage from the ongoing conflict in Gaza offers an especially good look at Israel's Trophy active protection system in action helping to protect a Merkava tank under attack. The video in ...

The Leopard 2A7A1 is an upgraded version of the Leopard 2A7, fitted with Trophy Active Protection System. In 2021 Germany signed a contract to purchase the Israeli Trophy protection systems for its ...

Hezbollah-released footage captures the moment an Almas anti-tank missile targets Israel’s newest Merkava Mark 4 Barak tank along the Lebanese border, offering a rare missile point of view as it races ...

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 ...

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 ...

Three years earlier China completed development of the Type 99A2. This model had improved reactive armor, as well as fixes to the engine, electronics and mechanical components. This was China's most ...

As threats diversify and intensify, APS are proving essential not just for vehicle protection but also for enhancing operational freedom, effectiveness and mission success in contested environments.

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 ...