Soldiers participate in a gunnery exercise to evaluate Trophy Active Protection System for tanks. (Winifred Brown/U.S. Army) The U.S. Army wants to pursue a more layered approach to protecting combat ...

WASHINGTON — The Army installed an active protection system on the M1 Abrams tank and fielded it in Europe, but the fate of other plans to equip similar defense measures on the service’s combat ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — A new Army publication, titled “Army Doctrine Publication 3-37, Protection,” was released this month, helping to more accurately explain how Army formations plan, prepare, ...

How do you stop a rifle round shot at a soldier’s head? Researchers from the U.S. Army and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are in the nascent stages of developing technologies to field ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Nov. 14, 2012) -- New ballistic research areas are filling a critical gap in troop pelvic protection systems, said U.S. Army Research Laboratory engineers. No standard ...

Military personnel are regularly exposed to loud noises, such as when they're being transported by helicopter. And while human soldiers usually wear hearing protection in such situations, the same can ...

A brigade of Abrams tanks in Europe will soon receive the Trophy Active Protection System, but the Army is looking beyond an interim solution. (U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is planning to ...

U.S. Army modernization officials recently told lawmakers that the service is still nowhere close to equipping its Stryker combat vehicles with anti-missile active protection systems. The Army ...

The Army is testing a redesigned, lighter torso protection piece for the body armor kit. (Army) And soldiers will get new eye protection that includes a transitioning lens for sunglasses. That’s ...

Artis LLC's Iron Curtain active protection system is undergoing government characterization efforts on a Stryker combat vehicle. (U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — While the U.S. Army has been working to ...