HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The Army is in the midst of testing a common controller base kit for the service’s desired Modular Active Protection System. The Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center in late 2015 awarded Lockheed Martin two contracts as a partner effort, for hardware and software, to develop the MAPS controller and last year received five units. Going forward, the team will mature and demonstrate soft- and hard-kill "layered"countermeasures through fiscal year 2019. A soft-kill "rodeo" will take...
