Tom Newbery CPhys

Active Protection Systems (APS) are developing, but what are they growing into? Are we moving towards integrated survivability suites with Softkill technology alongside Hardkill technology, the use of EO emitters for guidance effects and the intelligence use of obscurants. What is the correct level of ambition appropriate for these systems and how do users view them – how do they plan to fight with them? What are the S&T developments and the art of the possible? How is industry approaching these challenges?

INTEGRATION OF APS TECHNOLOGY INTO WIDER MISSION SYSTEMS

dstl