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 ...

KNDS Group has unveiled the first production prototype of the Leopard 2A8 tank, the first completely new Leopard 2 built from ...

Modern tanks have evolved a lot, back in the day the protection of the tank was dictated by the thickness of the steel, ...

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 ...

China’s newest main battle tank has arrived with a carefully choreographed mix of secrecy, spectacle, and bold claims about ...

APS, as they are called, have been developed, tested, refined, and built into vehicles for many years now to introduce new levels of survivability in armored warfare, something likely to increasingly ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...