LIVONIA, Mich. -- Ever since the advent of wheeled and tracked tactical vehicles, better protection has meant more armor with a tradeoff in speed and weight, said Col. Kevin Vanyo, program manager for ...

The U.S. Army's chief of staff said he wants future versions of its main battle tank, the M1 Abrams, and other ground combat vehicles to feature active protection systems, as-yet-undeveloped lighter ...

As law enforcement agencies focus on equipping their officers and first responders with advanced body armor in the wake of increasing active shooter and hostile events, the most reliable solutions ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 17, 2008) -- The Army's new Active Protection System, which is designed to safeguard Soldiers and vehicles from incoming fire, has been named one of the best ...

EODH presented its ASPIS armour-protection system upgrade kit for the Leopard 2 MBT at DEFEA 2023. (Dmitrios Mitsopolous) EODH, the Greek supplier and producer of protection systems for army vehicles, ...

Key Point: The Army tested Active Protection Systems on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and performed numerous upgrades over the years to equip the vehicle with an enhanced ability to withstand the ...

Our columnist, Steve Smith, has documented school attacks dating back over 250 years. Not until the 1950s did we see such attacks being performed with firearms. In the mid-1960s we saw our first siege ...

The T-14 Armata is equipped with an unmanned turret and all the crew is located at the front of the hull. The new unmanned remote turret of Aramata T-14 would be equipped with a new generation of ...

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’ ...

TEL AVIV, June 5. /TASS/. Israel’s latest Trophy active protection system supplied for the armor of the Israeli and US armies is poorly suited for fighting modern Russian anti-tank weapons, a source ...