The modern battlefield has become a complex theater of threats, from electronic warfare signal jamming, to powerful anti-armor and anti-aircraft missiles, and the dawn of small but lethal unmanned aircraft that can quietly locate troops or swarm targets. After two major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army and Marine Corps know these threats are not just in the hands of organized armies, but have proliferated and will be a part of any potential future conflict the U.S. military faces. To counter these threats, a major modernization effort to incorporate defensive protection systems on aircraft and ground vehicles is underway.
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