Rafael teams with GD, KMW to help sell Trophy system in Europe

Rafael teams with GD, KMW to help sell Trophy system in Europe
Rafael teams with GD, KMW to help sell Trophy system in Europe

The new joint venture will focus its business activity on the European market, including growing existing buys in Germany and the UK, a senior company official told Breaking Defense.

Trophy VPS For Stryker: Half The Weight, All The Protection?

Trophy VPS For Stryker: Half The Weight, All The Protection?
Trophy VPS For Stryker: Half The Weight, All The Protection?

Israeli manufacturer Rafael claims it’s worked with the Army to get the weight of the anti-missile system down below a ton – and it’ll still protect the lightly armored Stryker as effectively as the full-size system protects the massive M1 Abrams.

Army Tries (Again) To Protect Stryker: Rafael or Rheinmetall?

Army Tries (Again) To Protect Stryker: Rafael or Rheinmetall?
Army Tries (Again) To Protect Stryker: Rafael or Rheinmetall?

Miniaturized missile defenses work well on heavy tanks, but efforts to fit such Active Protection Systems on light vehicles like Stryker have failed – so far. Now the Army will test two lightweight options: Rafael’s Trophy VPS and Rheinmetall’s ADS.

How Active Protection Systems Knock Down Anti-Armor Threats for Both Legacy and Future Combat Vehicles

How Active Protection Systems Knock Down Anti-Armor Threats for Both Legacy and Future Combat Vehicles
How Active Protection Systems Knock Down Anti-Armor Threats for Both Legacy and Future Combat Vehicles

If there’s one thing that Army leadership agrees upon, it’s the need for improved survivability of soldiers and machines against modern anti-tank weapons like the Russian Kornet and Chinese HJ-8 guided missiles, as well as Russia’s tandem warhead RPG-29 rocket propelled grenade that can bore a hole into a tank with a molten jet of metal.

CEO Lynn: Classified Work ‘Critical’ To Leonardo DRS’ US Success

CEO Lynn: Classified Work ‘Critical’ To Leonardo DRS’ US Success
CEO Lynn: Classified Work ‘Critical’ To Leonardo DRS’ US Success

“We are heavily in the Army sensor market and network computing. That’s where we’re able to improve our position,” Lynn told me. “It’s creating new markets that’s been the key.”

SOCOM Sticks With Leonardo DRS For Commercial Satcom

SOCOM Sticks With Leonardo DRS For Commercial Satcom
SOCOM Sticks With Leonardo DRS For Commercial Satcom

Leonardo DRS keeps on keeping SOCOM connected.

M2 Bradley Gets An Iron Fist; Rival Trophy APS Wins $67M For Army, Marine M1 Tanks

M2 Bradley Gets An Iron Fist; Rival Trophy APS Wins $67M For Army, Marine M1 Tanks
M2 Bradley Gets An Iron Fist; Rival Trophy APS Wins $67M For Army, Marine M1 Tanks

Last month, the Army committed to buying an initial brigade’s-worth of the Iron Fist Active Protection System for the M2 Bradley. Meanwhile, with Tuesday morning’s announcement, the US is spending over $200 million to install the rival Trophy APS on not only Army but Marine Corps M1 Abrams tanks.

Army Bradley Brigade Will Get Israeli Anti-Missile System: Iron Fist

Army Bradley Brigade Will Get Israeli Anti-Missile System: Iron Fist
Army Bradley Brigade Will Get Israeli Anti-Missile System: Iron Fist

WASHINGTON: Seeking to stop Russian-made anti-tank missiles, the US Army will buy Israel’s Iron Fist Active Protection System for a brigade of its M2 Bradley armored vehicles, Breaking Defense has learned. The decision comes after weeks of confusing statements by Army officials and months of delays fitting the high-tech active protection on a Cold War-vintage…

300 Shots: Rafael Readies Trophy Lite For US Stryker

300 Shots: Rafael Readies Trophy Lite For US Stryker
300 Shots: Rafael Readies Trophy Lite For US Stryker

The latest version of Israel’s Trophy defense system stopped more than 95 percent of roughly 300 missiles and rockets shot at it in Israeli tests this summer, laying the groundwork for US Army testing this fall on the 8×8 Stryker armored vehicle.

Army Rejects Iron Curtain APS For Stryker, Launches New Programs

Army Rejects Iron Curtain APS For Stryker, Launches New Programs
Army Rejects Iron Curtain APS For Stryker, Launches New Programs

By 2022, the service plans to field new advanced reactive armor tiles to neutralize incoming warheads, a laser early warning system to warn crews they’re being targeted, and a signature management effort to avoid detection in the first place.

Host of Israeli Weapons Look Likely for US Sales: Iron Dome To Iron Fist

Host of Israeli Weapons Look Likely for US Sales: Iron Dome To Iron Fist
Host of Israeli Weapons Look Likely for US Sales: Iron Dome To Iron Fist

As the US tightens its terms for financing the Israeli military, one of America’s closest allies is beginning to sell its weapons to the US, instead of the other way around. 

All Armored Brigades To Get Active Protection Systems: Gen. Milley

All Armored Brigades To Get Active Protection Systems: Gen. Milley
All Armored Brigades To Get Active Protection Systems: Gen. Milley

“Once the US companies come on line,” Gen. Milley said, “the intent is to outfit the entire heavy force — the Bradleys, the tanks, any future combat vehicles — with active protective systems.”

Guillotining Rockets: Iron Curtain Active Protection For Light Vehicles

Guillotining Rockets: Iron Curtain Active Protection For Light Vehicles
Guillotining Rockets: Iron Curtain Active Protection For Light Vehicles

Imagine explosive charges so precise they can cut apart an incoming warhead milliseconds before it hits your vehicle. That’s the operating principle for Iron Curtain, an Active Protection System whose computer brain makes 50,000 calculations in the time you take to blink. Installed on a frame around the vehicle that looks like a militarized shower…

Will Milley Replace The Abrams Tank? Futures Command Advances

Will Milley Replace The Abrams Tank? Futures Command Advances
Will Milley Replace The Abrams Tank? Futures Command Advances

Army Futures Command is just a means to an end: modernizing the Army for high-intensity war against Russia or China. That includes replacing the iconic but aging M1 Abrams main battle tank, as well as other war machines, with an all-new Next Generation Combat Vehicle optimized for urban warfare, Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley told the Senate Armed Services Committee.