Army Will Hold Industry Day Next Month on Soft Kill APS

Army will hold industry day next month on soft kill APS

The Army will hold an industry day June 11 at Detroit Arsenal, MI to brief vendors on the requirements for soft kill active protection systems, according to a notice posted today. Soft kill APS protect ground combat vehicles from antiarmor munitions by detecting, countering and engaging threats. Soft kill systems use jamming and interference to prevent projectiles from striking their targets, whereas hard kill systems use counter projectiles to …

US Army Down Selects New Grenade Launcher - Armada International

The US Army announced the conclusion of its Precision Grenadier System (PGS) initiative with its selection of a system proposed by a team consisting of Barrett Firearms and MARS Inc. The PGS presented is a soldier-portable, shoulder-fired, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, integrated armament system capable of rapidly engaging and destroying personnel targets in defilade as well as unmanned drones at close range. The system uses a high-velocity 30×4…