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Other aspects of LIC are the modification and
adaptation of vehicles, primarily armored vehicles, to cope with
the threats posed by urban guerilla. A new system officially
unveiled here for the first time is the
Trophy Atcive Protection
System, developed by RAFAEL (weapon system) and IAI/Elta
(sensor). Trophy uses distributed sensors which detect and
localize the incoming anti-tank missiles,
RPG etc. When a threat
is detected coming within range, the system fires an explosive
countermeasure fragmentation charge which hits and destroys the
threat before it reaches the protected vehicle.
Trophy is designed to equip armored fighting
vehicles, and one of the first platforms which will be fitted on
is the new Merkava Mk 4
main battle tank. It was demonstrated at the exhibition in two
configurations. One was mounted as an integral element of a
modified Merkava Mk 3 tank, while a lighter version was displayed
as an add-on element, installed on a Stryker armored vehicle.
Elisra announced at LIC a new derivative of its
PAWS IR missile warning
system used on helicopters and aircraft. The new sensor designated
TANDIR will be using a passive warning system for combat vehicles,
an essential element for future lightweight active protection
systems. As in the airborne installations, TANDIR will provide
full hemispherical coverage enabling detection and tracking of
multiple simultaneous threats. As an imaging IR sensor it will
contribute to the platform's situational awareness and threat
assessment capability.
 Protection of light vehicles is the specialty of
Plasan Sasa. At LIC-2005 Plasan demonstrated two of its most
recent designs, the
armored MTVR, developed for Oshkosh for the US
Marines, and a new version of up-armored communications version of
the Humvee, developed for the Greek Army.
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