You wrote what Ididn’t know. I suppose then instead of upgrading on a pretty good system they waited for a “perfect” system that will still need upgrades? Was it Rayethon then that has had the contract all this time? Thanks.
They’ve been waiting for it for over a decade; the Army has been dithering about Active Protection Systems since the late 90s.
There was never an actual production contract awarded, though IIRC, Raytheon was given a few development only contracts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Kill
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R44598.html
The Army believed Raytheon’s sales pitch and put off APS purchases... until recently where it became clear that Konkurs and other world ATGMs are far, far more lethal to first line NATO tanks than previously thought. QuickKill 2.0 promises to be all singing, all dancing - but it’s vaporware. Trophy is available now and it’s demonstrated to work.