At this year’s International Armored Vehicle conference in London, Elbit Systems UK revealed their Crossbow 120mm turreted mortar system mounted on a Boxer chassis. The system offers single-crew operation with… Continue reading "Elbit Systems UK Reveals Crossbow Turreted Mortar System with Iron Fist APS"
The latest addition to the Israeli Army’s ground combat fleet, the Eitan wheeled armoured fighting vehicle, is entering serial production following an announcement this week by the Israeli Defense Ministry.… Continue reading "Israeli Eitan Reaches Serial Production"
Stryker Infantry Combat Brigades will receive more upgunned Stryker Dragoons but plans to fit Iron Fist APS (active protection system) to Bradley has been cancelled. 42 additional Lethality Mission Equipment… Continue reading "Pentagon Budget News on Stryker and Bradley"
Rheinmetall Protection Systems, and its joint venture partner Unified Business Technologies, have been awarded a $11 million USD contract for testing of their StrikeShield active protection system (APS) beginning in… Continue reading "Rheinmetall StrikeShield APS to be Tested by US Army for Stryker"
BAE Systems Hägglunds has been awarded a contract this week to fit Elbit Systems’ Iron Fist active protection system (APS) to Dutch Army CV9035NL infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) as one… Continue reading "Dutch Select Iron Fist APS for CV90"
BAE Systems Land this week won the Pentagon contract for the integration of Israeli Iron Fist Active Protection Systems (APS) on the Bradley family of infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). The… Continue reading "BAE Wins Bradley APS Integration"
The Israeli Ministry of Defense have announcedthat a variant of Elbit Land Systems’ hard-kill Iron Fist Active Protection System (APS) will be adopted for Israeli Army D9 armoured bulldozers and… Continue reading "Israel’s New Eitan APC Receiving Iron Fist"