RESTON, Va. - The U.S. Army certifies that the TROPHY Hard-Kill Active Protection System has successfully achieved all mandatory technical requirements for Modular APS Framework (MAF) 2.0 compliance.
Trophy is a hard-kill Active Protection System (APS) fielded on armored fighting vehicles (AFVs), including main battle tanks (MBTs) and medium-weight infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). Designed for integration with its host platform, Trophy delivers defense against a wide spectrum of anti-armor threats, including Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs), Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs), Recoilless Rifles (RR), and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs).
In June 2024, the U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) and Rafael Systems Global Sustainment, LLC (RSGS) entered into a Contracted Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to develop a prototype of the Trophy APS compliant with MAF standards. Under this agreement, the parties collaboratively developed and refined a MAF 2.0-compliant design model for Trophy, integrated the system with the Vehicle Protection System (VPS) Base Kit (VBK), and conducted a final MAF-compliance assessment, culminating in a lab demonstration at GVSC's Vehicle Protection Integration Lab.