Test results were presented by OSD test manager to senior
OSD and U.S Army representatives in a VIP day, on January
25th, 2011.
Giora Katz, Corporate VP and General Manager of Land
and Naval Sector at Rafael: " We are very satisfied
with the test results. We chose to be evaluated on a Stryker
to show TROPHY's diversity – on one hand the system
protects Merkava 4 MBT along Israel's borders and on the
other hand it can protect light and medium Armored Fighting
Vehicles as they are part of the current battlefield."
The TROPHY Situational Awareness and Active Protection
Hard Kill System, operates in three major stages: threat
detection, threat tracking, followed by hard kill (HK)
countermeasure (Multiple Explosive Formed Penetrators
– MEFP) activation and threat neutralization. The
countermeasure activation takes place only if the threat
trajectory is aimed to hit the platform. In addition to
the Active Protection, the TROPHY System provides the
location of the threat's launching point to the vehicle's
Battle Management Systems (BMS) and/or Remote Controlled
Weapon Station (RCWS), thus enabling quick engagement
with the target.
LTC. Oren Giver Head, Survivability Systems Branch at
IMOD/DDR&D (MAFAT): "We are very happy with the
test results and with the collaboration and the professional
way the system was tested by the OSD/ARMY at ABERDEEN.
The TROPHY system is the result of years of development
by a dedicated integrated team from the Israeli industry,
the IDF and IMOD, and an excellent example for how the
right R&D at the right time results in a force multiplying
answer, allowing our MBT, MERKAVA Mark 4 to meet advanced
ATGMs and ATRs with great advantage."
