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 ...

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’ ...

An Abrams tank is shown equipped with the Trophy active protection system. (U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The Army installed an active protection system on the M1 Abrams tank and fielded it in Europe, but ...

Israeli defense company Elbit Systems announced on Monday that it had been awarded a $228 million contract to supply its Iron Fist active protection system (APS) to General Dynamics Ordnance and ...

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 ...