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DRS Technologies and Israeli-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems are asking the U.S. Army to consider acquiring their recently combat-tested Trophy Active Protection System, a vehicle-mounted technology engineered to instantly locate and destroy incoming enemy fire.
2. The Millennial Trophy Redesign. The trophy was redesigned in 2000. Since then, The Cardinals, Yankees and Giants have all won it twice. The Red Sox are the only team to have taken home three of the new-design trophies. The new version is a Tiffany & Co.-designed 30-inch trophy made of about 200 troy ounces of sterling silver. It features 30 gold-plated flags. The baseball on the trophy contains 24-karat vermeil baseball stitches. The baseball itself weighs over 10 pounds.