Iron Fist complexes are designed to significantly increase the protective characteristics of armored vehicles. In addition, the BMP will be equipped with on-board missile detection radar stations and a combined warning system.
The US Department of Defense signed a $191.2 million contract with General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems to install Iron Fist active defense systems on combat Bradley infantry vehicles. The contract is for three years, and its implementation is planned to be completed by July 31, 2027. This is announced on the department's official website.
The peculiarity of this agreement is that the financing will be carried out at the expense of funds allocated for assistance to Ukraine. Thus, the US Army will receive new vehicles with active defense systems instead of M2A2 Bradley BMPs transferred to Ukraine.
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Iron Fist — it is a complex of active protection (KAZ), developed by the Israeli company IMI Systems and the American General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems. The system includes sensors and radars, computer processing, fire control technologies, and interceptors to locate, target, destroy, or intercept approaching threats such as RPGs (grenade launchers) and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs).
The Iron Fist system was selected by the US Army for installation on the Bradley IFV infantry fighting vehicle. The system will not replace the standard armor protection of the vehicle, but will strengthen it using new technologies.
The concept of the hard-kill system is based on intercepting a threat by launching a small warhead, initiating it at a safe distance from a protected platform, at a precisely calculated moment, and damage or destruction of the threat due to the effect of the shock wave.
In addition to the installation of the Iron Fist complex, the American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles will be equipped with airborne radar stations to detect missiles and a combined warning system that includes a set of sensors to detect laser irradiation and space monitoring.