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	ARENA Active Protection System
		The number of mounted protective ammunition is expected to be usually sufficient to defeat all the threats to the tank during a single combat mission without replenishing the protective ammunition.
		Owing to the small size of the dangerous zone (20-30 meters around the tank) the system is not hazardous to the accompanying infantry and external tank equipment and the system's units during operation of the protective ammunition.
		However, active protection should not be considered an alternative to all conventional types of protection; on the contrary, the problem of increasing tank protection should be solved via a reasonable hybrid of the passive (armor) protection, optronic counter-measures, ERA and active protection.
	www.armor.kiev.ua /fofanov/Tanks/EQP/arena.html (1072 words)

	Active / passive fire protection
		Active fire protection systems such as water sprinkler and spray systems are widely used in the process industries for protection of storage vessels, process plant, loading installations and warehouses.
		For passive fire protection systems the operator should have supplier or manufacturer information demonstrating that the fire protective system employed meets defined performance criteria based on standard tests that replicate the fire conditions likely to be encountered in the work place.
		Whilst active fire protection is not a standard requirement for vessels containing flammable and highly flammable liquids, site factors such as inadequate separation distances from other plant or the proximity of occupied buildings may necessitate the use of active or passive fire protection to prevent escalation of a fire event.
	www.hse.gov.uk /comah/sragtech/techmeasfire.htm (2096 words)

	DefenseNews.com - Canada Seeks Active Protection for Armor - 09/11/06 11:50
		Active protection systems use radar installed on a vehicle to detect incoming projectiles and then trigger a mechanism to destroy them at a safe distance.
		During those tests, the systems would be required to defeat two simultaneous threats fired at a light armored vehicle moving between 10 and 30 kilometers an hour over level terrain, according to the 10-page document provided to the defense industry.
		The systems would be required to provide all-around protection for the vehicle and be able to defeat a projectile launched from a minimum distance of 15 meters while still protecting against threats launched from greater distances.
	www.defensenews.com /story.php?F=2084750&C=landwar (775 words)

	Arena-e Active Protection System - Iran Defence Forum
		The fitting of tanks and infantry combat vehicles with the Arena-E active protection system ensures an almost towfold increase in their survivability on the battlefield during offensive operations.
		The Arena-E system defeats targets that pose the highest threat to armor pieces and whose engagement does not depend on the crew’s skill: antitank guided missiles attacking armor pieces at long ranges and grenades of hand-held grenade launchers used, as a rule, covertly from any direction and at short ranges.
		The active protection system of tanks and infantry combat vehicles enhances the crew’s psychological selfconfidence.
	www.irandefence.net /showthread.php?t=966 (588 words)

	NDM Article - Protection of Army Trucks Requires Tradeoffs
		Vehicle protection must be viewed in the context of the specific environment where troops are fighting, he noted.
		Active armor and reactive armor may be the only viable alternatives to steel in the foreseeable future, although they only may work on combat vehicles, and not on trucks, according to experts.
		The explosion is intended to kill the passing threat but does not damage the protected vehicle, although many armor officers are not receptive to this technology precisely because they fear it will damage their own vehicles or harm friendly troops.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2004/Aug/Protection.htm (1784 words)

	TROPHY Active Protection System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The system is an "active protection system" (APS).
		Currently, the system is designed for the Stryker light armored vehicle and for the Israeli Merkava main battle tank.
		The system is designed to work against all types of anti-tank missiles and rockets, such as the ubiquitous rocket propelled grenades.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TROPHY_Active_Protection_System (644 words)

	Lenovo - Innovation - Active Protection System
		Like an airbag's sensor, Active Protection System can detect sudden changes in motion and temporarily stop the hard drive to help protect your valuable data from some crashes that could occur due to everyday notebook accidents.
		The system has an integrated motion sensor that continuously monitors the movement of the notebook, and, if a sudden change in motion is detected, it temporarily stops the hard drive to protect it from a potential crash.
		It temporarily parks the drive head until the system is stabilized.
	www.pc.ibm.com /us/think/thinkvantagetech/aps.html (474 words)

	IAAPS Active Protection System - APS
		This is an integrated FCS system uses integrated soft and hard-kill measures, passive (EO) and active (radar) sensors, soft kill countermeasures (IR jammers and decoys) and hard kill active protection system devices.
		The system is designed to protect an armored vehicle from direct fire and top attack threats with growth potential for Kinetic Energy (KE) threat defeat.
		After detection, the system attempts to disrupt the missile's guidance by IR countermeasures, but if such attempts fail, the hard-kill module is erected, detects the incoming target, and traverse to point the countermeasure rockets at the incoming target.
	www.defense-update.com /products/i/iaaps.htm (446 words)

	army9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Active protection is the most promising and innovating approach to how to improve armored vehicle survivability
		The Arena-E active protection system is designed to protect tanks and IFVs from anti-tank rockets fired from any kind of rocket launchers as well as from ground launched and helicopter launched anti-tank guided missiles attacking an armored vehicle both directly and when overflying it.
		- The installation of the ARENA-E active protection system on a tank or an IFV allows to increase their survivability on the battlefield for offensive missions by approximately two times and for local conflicts and peacekeeping missions by 3 to 5 times.
	www.iggy.co.kr /product_army9.htm (443 words)

	Lenovo Support & downloads - Active Protection system overview - ThinkPad General
		The system will not be able to access the hard disk drive during the time that the Active Protection system has unloaded the hard disk drive heads due to a tilt or drop motion being detected.
		The protection system stops your hard drive by moving the read/write heads of the hard drive to areas that do not contain data, and may also stop spinning the disks of the hard drive.
		If the Active Protection system software is installed on a system that does not have the Active Protection system hardware, an error message will be displayed stating that the system does not support the Active Protection system and it should be uninstalled.
	www-307.ibm.com /pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-53167 (866 words)

	Active protection system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An active protection system, or APS, protects a tank or other armoured fighting vehicle from incoming fire before it hits the vehicle's armour.
		There are two general categories: soft kill systems, which use jamming to confuse a missile's guidance system, and hard kill systems, which attempt to detect and destroy incoming projectiles.
		DARPA is presently developing the High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System, which is planned to be capable of knocking out missiles, and may be used to actively defend future combat aircraft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Active_protection_system (459 words)

	Trophy Active Protection System
		After evaluating several systems available in the world market, General Dynamics selected the system for further improvement and is offering a version of the system to the US Army and other customers.
		Jeffrey A, Sorenson, the Army’s deputy for acquisition and systems management explained the decision (AFPS) saying the Israeli system is not a “produceable item.” The Israelis have been working on the Trophy system for 10 or 11 years, Sorenson said.
		After the recent conflict in Lebanon (July-August 2006), Active Protection Systems were identified as a critical e complement for the protection of main battle tanks such as the Merkava Mk4.
	www.defense-update.com /products/t/trophy.htm (897 words)

	IAAPS - Integrated Army Active Protection System
		FCS vehicles are to be fielded with the Integrated Army Active Protection System (IAAPS), a device designed to offer both “hard” active defense by physically intercepting incoming projectiles and “soft” active defense through the use of electronic countermeasures.
		By delivering key FCS technologies, including active protection to the Current Force, the Army fills a critical operational gap now, and supports FCS program maturation through the continuous improvement of its system designs based on early testing and operational use.
		While the PMs for both FCS and Stryker have identified active protection as the technical solution that best meets their requirements, no APS solution is likely to be optimally suited for all platforms.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/iaaps.htm (1889 words)

	ARENA-E ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM \| Russian Arms, Military Technology, Analysis of Russia's Military Forces
		The fitting of tanks and infantry combat vehicles with the Arena-E active protection system ensures an almost towfold increase in their survivability on the battlefield during offensive operations.
		The Arena-E system defeats targets that pose the highest threat to armor pieces and whose engagement does not depend on the crew’s skill: antitank guided missiles attacking armor pieces at long ranges and grenades of hand-held grenade launchers used, as a rule, covertly from any direction and at short ranges.
		The active protection system of tanks and infantry combat vehicles enhances the crew’s psychological selfconfidence.
	warfare.ru /?linkid=2438&catid=314 (703 words)

	IOF tanks to be fitted with advanced protection system (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The locally developed system, known by its export name as Trophy, will be installed on Merkava Mark IV tanks, in response to the experience of the recent war in Lebanon, the paper added.
		It noted that the cost of installing the system on a single tank is estimated to be $200,000-$300,000, if a significant quantity is acquired.
		While initially the system will be installed on tanks, the possibility is being considered of also using the Trophy system on armored personnel carriers (APCs), the paper said, adding that the United States is also considering the use of the Trophy on its Stryker fighting vehicles.
	www.palestine-info.co.uk /am/publish/article_20764.shtml (281 words)

	DefenseNews.com - U.S. Army: Active Protection Not Needed in Iraq - 09/22/06 13:14
		Weldon spent much of his opening remarks criticizing the media’s coverage of active protection in general and the NBC report specifically.
		Active protection could create a contradiction in the Army’s rules of engagement, which allow for self defense yet also tell soldiers to prevent civilian casualties.
		All hard-kill active protection systems use a combination of sophisticated fire-control radars and defensive munitions to blast incoming projectiles before they can hit the targeted vehicle.
	www.defensenews.com /story.php?F=2124690&C=america (905 words)

	DROZD ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEMS \| Russian Arms, Military Technology, Analysis of Russia's Military Forces
		One promising way of tank protection is to equip tanks with active protection systems.
		Active protection involves the detection of attacking antitank munitions and their destruction at a safe distance from the tank.
		The Drozd-2 active protection system provides an allround protection zone in azimuth, which is of crucial importance keeping in mind the ever changing tactics of employment of battle tanks in local conflicts and urban fighting.
	warfare.ru /?linkid=2437&catid=314 (396 words)

	Advanced Technologies - ThinkVantage Technologies - Active Protection System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The airbag-like Active Protection System provides unique data protection on select ThinkPad T, X, Z and R Series models.
		The system has an integrated motion sensor that continuously monitors the movement of the notebook, and, if a sudden change in motion is detected, it temporarily stops the hard drive to protect it from a potential crash.
		APS helps to protect your hard disk drive helps to protect your hard disk drive so you can continue to work on the go.
	www.advancedt.com /thinkvantage/aps.html (470 words)

	CIAPS - Close-In Active Protection System
		Close-in Active Protection (CIAPS) prototype, Project 550 is a one year Congressional Add is to demonstrate a complete of Close-In Active Protection System prototype for defense of combat vehicles against rocket propelled grenades and missiles fired without warning from close range; and investigate improvements for weight and size reduction.
		New sensor and interceptor technologies are being matured in CIAPS Phase 2 to enable the system to be mounted on tactical wheeled vehicles for protection against RPGs.
		The No Slew Active Protection System (APS) provides the technology for an FCS Block I APS based on the technology developed in the Counter Actve Protection Systems (CAPS) project, Project D550.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/ciaps.htm (249 words)

	N04-902 - Novel Vehicle Self-Protection System(1000-540) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Triton Systems Inc. (TSI) proposes to develop a modular vehicle self-protection system aimed at countering the RPG and ATGM threats recently presented such extreme dangers to US Army and USMC thin-skinned vehicles.
		The key benefit of the developed vehicle self-protection system will be to neutralize the threat of RPG/missile attack on thin-skinned vehicles, and concomitantly to expose the hostile firer to effective counterfires, which are currently limited by the dramatic effectiveness of a RPG attack..
		From an operational viewpoint, the estimated ~800 pound weight of the active protection system will be far less than passive armor designed to stop the same threat, dramatically improving available vehicle payload and minimizing running gear wear and tear.
	www.navysbir.com /04_2q/20.htm (366 words)

	RDECOM Magazine \| in the lab \| Improved Protection Against Close-In Attacks
		Dubbed the Full Spectrum Active Protection Close-in Layered Shield, the center is leading this effort with the Army Research Lab and the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center.
		An active protection system "detects, tracks, intercepts and physically defeats large-caliber threats at a distance sufficiently far from the defended vehicle to reduce the lethal effects of the threat and (ensure) vehicle survival," said Jim Soltesz, the Army's Full Spectrum Active Protection Science and Technology Objective manager and the center's Hit Avoidance team leader.
		Jim Revello, the system's program manager, said if the Army fielded this system, it would significantly impact battlefield capabilities, especially in urban environments, by saving lives and equipment.
	www.rdecom.army.mil /rdemagazine/200307/itl_improved_protection.html (517 words)

	Israel21c (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		To protect against weapons like the RPG, you need active protection, and the Trophy is a result of that," he added.
		The Trophy system is a miniaturized version of the anti-ballistic missile system that automatically detects an incoming threat and launches an interceptor rocket that homes in on the missile and destroys it at a safe distance.
		Designed to mounted on a fighting vehicle and provide a virtual bubble of protection, it includes rockets that are launched vertically and knock down the RPG round as it streaks toward the vehicle.
	www.israel21c.com /bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles^l1285&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Technology& (1175 words)

	ruger10_22: Video: Trophy Anti-RPG/Anti-Missile Protection System for APCs and Tanks (Surefire flashlight)
		On March 30, 2006, a Stryker combat vehicle outfitted with the Trophy Active Protection System (APS), a.k.a.
		Trophy Active Defense System (ADS), successfully detected, tracked, and defeated an inert incoming RPG while the protected vehicle was moving.
		Trophy was selected in 2005 to be FSEP's active protection solution as part of FSEP program officials' desire to meet urgent operational requirements for a range of lethal and less-lethal/non-lethal technologies/solutions on a rapidly-deployable platform (like the highly-mobile wheeled Stryker infantry combat vehicle, for instance).
	ruger10-22.livejournal.com /24593.html (967 words)

	Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems - Future Combat Systems - "Active Protection System" - RFI
		Boeing, as Lead System Integrator (LSI) for the FCS program, is conducting a market survey to identify potential suppliers of active protection (AP) technologies for application to MGV and for accelerated development and application to Stryker.
		All design options are open for the AP components in the hit avoidance suite, to include multiple systems for short-range and long-range protection or a single system that could provide protection at all ranges.
		While the application of the short-range systems will be for eventual fielding on MGV, FCS plans to accelerate the effort to develop the short-range protection and a conduct a "spiral" development to provide an AP kit for fielding on Stryker vehicles in the 2008 timeframe.
	www.boeing.com /defense-space/ic/fcs/bia/050114_mgv_aps_rfi.html (656 words)

	DROZD (Thrush) Active Protection System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The system was installed on marine units' T-55 tanks (designated T-55AD, D signifying Drozd) in 1983.
		This system had substantially less capability than the Arena APS in range of protected angles, number of incoming projectiles, and reliability of interception.
		The Drozd-2 system that is being marketed today as an upgrade option for T-80U MBT offers several significant improvements over the original version, the most important being the drastically increased range of protected angles, as well as decreased projectile size and increased number of projectiles.
	armor.kiev.ua /fofanov/Tanks/EQP/drozd.html (209 words)

	BAE SYSTEMS North America: News and Information: News Releases
		The CICM system is comprised of passive threat launch detection and active radar tracking subsystems, an advanced fire control processor, a simple user interface, and an extremely high speed gimbaled launcher that fires a multigun cluster munition.
		BAE Systems developed CICM in only two years using internal research and development funds to respond to near-term operational needs.
		BAE Systems is an international company engaged in the development, delivery, and support of advanced defense and aerospace systems in the air, on land, at sea, and in space.
	www.na.baesystems.com /releasesDetail.cfm?a=369 (352 words)

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