Trophy system defeats RPG's in flight

Defense Talk:

The Trophy Active Protection System (APS) designed to protect vehicles from rocket or missile attacks was successfully demonstrated for the first time on U.S. soil at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division March 30.

More than 100 visitors, including U.S. and international military dignitaries, observed the testing that culminated with a live-fire demonstration of the Trophy APS-equipped Stryker combat vehicle that was on the move when it detected, tracked and defeated an inert incoming rocket propelled grenade.

"The Department of Defense now has at its disposal, technology that allows U.S. forces to defeat both the archer and the arrow," said Marine Corps Col. Wade Hall, transformation strategist at Office of Force Transformation (OFT). "This active protection system can be taken to the battlefield."

Integrated on heavy, medium and light platforms, Trophy APS is currently ready for deployment against all types of high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) threats, including all known types of anti-tank guided missiles, anti-tank rockets and tank HEAT rounds. The Trophy APS Hard Kill system operates in three major stages: threat detection, threat tracking followed by Hard Kill mechanism activation, and threat neutralization by a countermeasure. The neutralization process takes place only if the threat is about to hit the platform.

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There is more. The Navy is also looking at the program. I think they should have called it the Phaser, after the Star Trek defensive system.