Maj. Gen. David Bassett, US Army, the program executive officer for Army’s ground combat vehicle programs, discusses the decision to equip a tank brigade with the Trophy active protection system by Leonardo DRS and RAFAEL, the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle by BAE Systems and how technologies developed for the now-defunct Ground Combat Vehicle program could be used in the future. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the 2017 AUSA gathering is sponsored by AM General, Elbit Systems of America, General Motors HydroTec, L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.
