MRAP
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PentagonFormer Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, Creator of DIU, Dies at 68
Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, 68, a Rhodes scholar and theoretical physicist who helmed the Pentagon between 2015 and 2017, died of a heart attack on Oct. 24 at his […]
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ArmyLeonardo Scores Production Contract For MRAP-Based Counter-Drone System
The Army has awarded Leonardo DRS a contract to fulfill an urgent operational need to protect soldiers from enemy unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The $42 million contract for counter-UAS capability […]
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ArmyArmy Shutters MRAP Program Office But Plans To Keep Thousands Of Bomb-Proof Vehicles
After 10 years the mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle (MRAP) program office furled and sheathed its colors June 9 in a ceremony that marked the end of its independent existence. Amid escalation […]
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InternationalU.S. Army Awards Navistar Two Foreign MRAP Contracts Worth $475 Million
The U.S. Army Contracting Command awarded Navistar Defense, LLC two foreign military contracts worth a total of $475 million to produce and upgrade Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles for […]
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BudgetCarter Says Acquisition System Too Slow To Provide Technology For Future Fights
The U.S. defense acquisition system was too slow to provide for troops’ needs during the wars of the past 15 years and is especially ill suited to provide the technology […]
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Army
Excess U.S. MRAPs Reaching Kurdish Forces Fighting ISIS In Northern Iraq
Hundreds of armored trucks the U.S. military donated to Kurdish forces are finally reaching the front line as the Peshmerga fight Islamic State (ISIS) militants for control of Mosul in […]
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ArmyMRAP Reset And Upgrades Underway At Navistar
As the international tactical vehicle market trends toward improved blast protection in lighter, more mobile platforms, the behemoth Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicle was seen as an effective platform with a […]
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ArmyJLTV Winner Oshkosh Introduces New MRAP Technologies
Oshkosh [OSK] today unveiled a 6-wheeled version of its mine-resistant, ambush protected all-terrain vehicle (M-ATV), increasing the truck’s payload capacity and improving the vehicle’s off-road steering capability. The M-ATV 6×6 […]
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ArmyArmy’s Tactical Network Reaches Full Production
The Army has been given the go ahead to begin full-rate production (FRP) and fielding of its mobile, communication, command and control network. Referred to offhand and the service’s “tactical […]
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International
Oshkosh Unveils New M-ATV Variants At SOFEX
Oshkosh Defense [OSK] introduced new Mine-Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) variants at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition & Conference (SOFEX), this week in Amman, Jordan. Oshkosh is evolving […]