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Monday, March 17th, 2008

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The Marine Corps last week placed the following orders for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles: International Military and Government LLC (IMG), Warrenville, Ill.: $410.7 million for 743 Category I vehicles; BAE Systems: $481.8 million for 1,024 category II vehicles; BAE: $234 million for three Special Operations Command variants, 51 Ambulance variants and 393 category II variants of the vehicles; and Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C.; $9.8 million for 12 category I and six category II vehicles; and $7.7…

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