Army drops Iron Curtain APS, considering others for November demo

By Ashley Tressel / August 24, 2018 at 7:14 PM
The Army announced late last week it will not move forward with testing an American-made, non-developmental active protection system on the Stryker vehicle and will instead seek new alternatives. Col. Glenn Dean, project manager for Stryker brigade combat team and the lead for Vehicle Protection Systems (APS), told reporters on an Aug. 24 phone call the already-delayed Iron Curtain, made by Herndon, VA-based Artis, "generally worked in concept and was generally able to meet its targets," but "frankly, did not...

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