Combat Vehicles

Army senior leaders are nearing a decision on whether to purchase an off-the-shelf active protection system for the Abrams tank, while APS work on the service’s other combat vehicles is slightly behind schedule.

Army Materiel Command is working to change its approach to contracting to ensure materiel readiness on the battlefield, according to its commanding general.

Defense contractors are vying to provide the Army an interim solution to the dearth of short-range air defense capability in its maneuver formations, with some demonstrating their wares at an event next month.

The Marine Corps is looking to industry to evaluate active protection systems that are not tied to any particular vehicle, according to a request for information.

The Marine Corps is looking to industry for evaluating active protection systems that are not tied to any particular vehicle, according to a request for information.

A forthcoming lethality upgrade for Stryker vehicles in Europe will provide "an absolutely great increase in capability," and should be used to enhance rather than alter the mission of the Stryker formation, according to the commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment.

The Army wants its Multi-Domain Battle concept to allow the service to "change continually," according to Gen. David Perkins, chief of Training and Doctrine Command.

A rudimentary system to help operational units defeat unmanned aircraft systems is neither "omniscient" nor "universally able," but helps to protect critical infrastructure, according to the commander of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment.

Senate defense authorizers want the Army to develop a prototype plan for a new ground combat vehicle.