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Friday, January 11, 2013

Raytheon's Quick Kill Active Protection System defeats one of the most lethal armor-piercing Rocket Propelled Grenades


As the U.S. Army prepares for formal testing to evaluate a system to protect combat vehicles from shoulder-fired and tube-launched Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), Raytheon Company's Quick Kill™ Active Protection System (APS) has again shown its maturity and accuracy in a series of tests.

In a recent test, held in December 2012, the Quick Kill APS demonstrated its protective capability by successfully defeating an extended set of threats, including one of the most lethal RPG threats by destroying it in mid-flight.

All testing is in preparation for formal government evaluations in early 2013 to demonstrate the system's unique RPG-defeat capabilities.

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