Lockheed Martin will soon begin supporting formal integration and testing of the U.S. Army's combat vehicle protection system intended to keep warfighters safer and more secure from battlefield threats.Under the terms of a recent contract, the company will provide its Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) base kit, which includes an open-architecture processor that integrates vehicle sensors and countermeasures in a common framework to detect, track and defeat rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank guided missiles.
"Lockheed Martin partnered with the U.S. Army in 2014 to develop MAPS as a safe and secure vehicle defense system that protects warfighters from a variety of anti-armor threats," said David Rohall, program manager for Advanced Ground Vehicle Systems at Lockheed Martin.
"Since then, the MAPS base kit has proven itself in multiple live-fire demonstrations. We're ready to support integration and testing on a variety of Army combat vehicles, the final step before the Army makes a formal decision on fielding this capability."...MORE
