Tag: IBD

Highlights of day II at Eurosatory - as viewed by defense-Update

The German company IBD along with its Swedish subsidiary Åkers Krutbruk have demonstrated the latest MBT protection study for the MBT122 and CV9040, improving the tank’s protection over 360 degrees enhancing protection from asymmetric threats.

The U.S. Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) is testing seven Active protection Systems, mostly from international vendors, to determine the maturity and potential...

Thales is developing the SHARK (System HARd Kill), an active protection system protecting light and heavy armored vehicles, by using pyrotechnical effectors to defeat...

Armor improvements were one of the hottest topics at Eurosatory 2006. Challenged with growing threats, armor providers must design improved protection systems, while maintaining...

Modern armor protection was well represented at Eurosatory. These included advanced add-on elements based on passive - composite armor, advanced reactive armor, soft kill...

Modular Expandable Armor System (MEXAS) protection,  which has provided basic protection suite for over 12,500 combat vehicles worldwide, including the US Army 4x4 ASV...

Start < Page 3 of 6 > A combination of passive and reactive armor was introduced in the 1980s, as more advanced armor solutions were...

IBD unveiled its new Advanced Modular Armor Protection (AMAP) composite armor concept, follow-on to their combat proven Modular Expandable Armor System (MEXAS) protection, which...

IBD developed an active protection concept utilizing a kill mechanism based on blast effect. The system is already implemented in two programs, AAC developed...