As the backbone of the U.S. Army’s Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) framework, Lockheed Martin’s MAPS base kit offers automatic, next-generation survivability for ground combat vehicles and crews. The base kit integrates sensors and countermeasures in an open, common framework to detect, track, classify and defeat existing and emerging threats like rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank guided missiles.

The open and scalable MAPS base kit is designed to grow with current combat vehicles and support future vehicle protection system capabilities.

The open-architecture controller at the core of the base kit features open standard interfaces and readily incorporates sensors and countermeasures compliant with the MAPS architecture framework. It provides fast and secure processing power to drive multiple applications and future vehicle protection system capabilities.

The base kit’s other components include application software, user interface, power management distribution system and network switch.