World Defense Show 2026: Northrop Grumman to present improved C2 management system
The Northrop Grumman Integrated Battle Command System is in service with Poland and the US Army with another 20 countries believed to have expressed an interest.
Israel Aerospace Industries’ Elta Systems has received a contract from Leonardo DRS to provide the US Army with the ELM-2133 WindGuard active protection radar, the company announced on 9 October.
The radar will be supplied as part of the Rafael Trophy system for the Abrams main battle tanks (MBT) to support an immediate operational requirement.
This contract has been awarded following successful performance demonstration in the Expedited Active Protection Systems programme on the M1A2 Abrams MBT.
The radar is designed to be integrated with soft-kill and hard-kill countermeasures that protect armoured fighting vehicles. The radar continuously scans the platform's vicinity for anti-missile threats such as anti-tank rockets or guided missiles and tank shells. Once a threat is detected and tracked by the radar, it provides an early warning to the crew and simultaneously activates the system to intercept and neutralise the threat before it hits the platform. The entire process takes a fraction of a second and is performed automatically with no human intervention.
The Northrop Grumman Integrated Battle Command System is in service with Poland and the US Army with another 20 countries believed to have expressed an interest.
The Thales DigitalCrew package, first unveiled at last year’s Defence IQ International Armoured Vehicles conference, is designed to merge imaging and apply a layer of decision-making and observation algorithms to support crew and other personnel.
Nomad can provide militaries with real-time intelligence, saving critical time on the battlefield.
Taurus operates alongside the Israel Defense Forces’ Orion system which supports mission management across tens of thousands of manoeuvring forces, from squad leaders to battalion commanders.
The plan for the new displays follows fresh investment in Kopin’s European facilities by Theon and an order for head-up displays in fielded aircraft, with funding from the US Department of Defense.
Persistent Systems received its largest ever single order for its MPU5 devices and other systems earlier this month and has already delivered the 50 units to the US Army’s 4th Infantry Division.