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National Defense July 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell |
Army Meets Tough Procurement Challenge Head-On Shortages of armored vehicles, particularly, commanded considerable attention because they highlighted the challenges of predicting equipment requirements and ensuring the readiness of the industrial base. The response to the steep increase in demand for armored vehicles in fact has been a remarkable success story.  |
National Defense February 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Truck Armor Kits Could Be Improved, Says Army Tester The dramatic surge in the number and intensity of attacks against U.S. military vehicles in Iraq has prompted a rethinking of the Army's approach to armoring trucks, officials said.  |
National Defense August 2004 Mike Cast |
Truck Armor Testing at Aberdeen Saving Soldiers in Combat Zones Before new vehicle armor systems are deployed to soldiers in the field, they must first graduate from the Army's test center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.  |
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Protection of Army Trucks Requires Tradeoffs Military truck makers are grappling with how build relatively uncomplicated vehicles that can sustain the rigors of combat and, when needed, effortlessly be plated with thousands of pounds of armor.  |
National Defense February 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell |
Armor Innovation Needs to Stay on Fast Track Even if the administration begins what could be a limited drawdown of forces in Iraq, efforts to develop new armor capabilities -- and to ensure adequate funding and resources for armored vehicles and other force-protection equipment -- must continue.  |
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Shields of Steel The increase in attacks targeting U.S. troops in Iraq prompted the Army to equip trucks with protective armor.  |
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Humvee Armor Suppliers Working Around the Clock The now familiar sight of Humvees struck by mines and roadside bombs in Iraq are driving the industry to pursue short-term fixes and long-range changes in the way they produce vehicles.  |
National Defense April 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Military Services Ponder Future of Their War-Worn Trucks Six years after the invasion of Iraq changed the way the military looked at tactical wheeled vehicles, the Army and Marine Corps are still trying to find the right balance between protection and performance.  |
National Defense February 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Marines Ponder Options for Future Trucks The Corps expects to increase purchases of light and medium armored trucks in the months ahead, while it continues to study long-term options for modernizing the fleet.  |
Defense Update Issue 3, 2006 |
The New Road Warriors Armored Trucks Light armored trucks can't manage the extra weight needed to defend against mines and other explosive devices. However, newer versions of explosive reactive armor (ERA) are being created for these lightweight platforms.  |
National Defense January 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Roadside Bombs Spur Cry For Armored Civilian Vehicles The emergence of roadside bombs as a terrorist weapon of choice has caused a worldwide explosion in demand for up-armored civilian vehicles, according to the president of Centigon, a subsidiary of Armor Holdings.  |
National Defense October 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army to Expand Array of Armored Vehicles in Iraq Amid a wave of violence in Iraq, and facing limited options, U.S. military commanders there are requesting additional armored vehicles, particularly large ones that can transport a dozen or more passengers.  |
National Defense August 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Seeking $34 Billion For New, Upgraded Truck Senior Army officials have okayed a $34 billion plan to refurbish the service's truck fleet. Between now and 2018, the Army would acquire 70,000 new vehicles and upgrade more than 200,000 from the existing inventory.  |
National Defense April 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Army's 2.5-Ton Trucks Undergo Overhaul Army trucks will be overhauled to "like-new" condition at Red River Army Depot in Texas for roughly half the cost of buying new models.  |
National Defense July 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Predicts Long Life for Humvees Humvees will vastly outnumber MRAPs for the foreseeable future, at least if the Army has any say in it.  |
Defense Update Issue 3, 2007 |
Vehicle Armoring - MRAP and Beyond If approved by congress, the Pentagon's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) program will obtain 2,650 new armored vehicles, making it the third-largest acquisition program in the U.S.  |
National Defense March 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Double V-Hulls, Chimneys Seen As Viable Alternatives to Armor To counter deadlier threats in Afghanistan and newer ones that may turn up, military commanders are scrambling to find technologies that will improve vehicle survivability.  |
National Defense February 2007 Harold Kennedy |
Army, Marines to Acquire 50,000 New Trucks to Replace Humvees A fistful of defense companies will be vying to win a contract to develop a replacement for the humvee -- the Army and Marine Corps' light, all-terrain truck.  |
National Defense February 2010 Erwin, Magnuson & Jean |
Army, Marines Mull Over Options to Modernize Truck Fleets The Defense Department has been on a truck-buying spree for the past several years, and the demand will remain high for some time. But truck manufacturers don't expect the good times to last too much longer  |
National Defense April 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Truck Crews Get Crash Course in Survival To make up for the shortage of armor, the Army intends to protect truck convoys from roadside bombs, mines and small-arms attacks by deploying more firepower aboard vehicles, along with other defensive techniques.  |
National Defense February 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Rivals Gear Up to Build New Tactical Trucks There should be plenty of work to go around as the Army and Marines consider what, if anything, they will do to replace the high mobility, multi-purpose wheeled vehicle, better known as the Humvee.  |
National Defense December 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Survival in Combat Zones Requires 'Layers' of Protection Army laboratories have for decades been pushing the limits of combat survivability technology, but the pressure to produce results rose when the service launched the Future Combat Systems in 1999, a program to develop a family of high-tech vehicles by 2012.  |
National Defense February 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army to Build New Truck-Test Facility Enhancements to the Army test ranges aim to more realistically replicate the threats that combat forces face in the battlefield.  |
National Defense April 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
The Next Humvee: Army, Marines Weigh Options The Army and Marine Corps may decide as early as May 2007 to begin searching for a new vehicle that would replace the ubiquitous Humvee.  |
Defense Update Issue 3, 2004 |
Vehicle Protection Concepts The up-armored Humvees and protected patrol vehicle are offering better protection against guerilla attacks.  |
National Defense August 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Bomb Attacks Test U.S. Technological Ingenuity The Army is testing small robots -- remote-controlled toy cars, actually -- to help soldiers search for hidden explosives along Iraq's roads. These "Marcbots," from Exponent Inc., are much improved over earlier versions.  |
National Defense October 2007 Mike Cast |
Army Deploys Testers to Assess Systems That Were Rushed to War The Army has fielded scores of new high-tech combat systems in Iraq and Afghanistan, but much of this technology was put into the hands of troops without undergoing the full-scale Army acquisition process.  |
National Defense October 2006 Stew Magnuson |
New Threats Force Armorers to Redesign Passenger Vehicles There are a handful of U.S. businesses that are serving the niche market that converts SUVs or sedans to up-armored vehicles that can protect against ballistic or explosive threats.  |
Defense Update Issue 2, 2005 |
Protection of Vehicles and Fixed Positions In Iraq and Afghanistan, specialized armor systems are used for heavy and lightweight vehicles. Pre-fabricated structures can be used to protect static positions.  |
National Defense September 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Marines Face Steep Cuts to Expeditionary Vehicle The Office of Naval Research plans to award contracts worth as much as $2.5 million for conceptual designs for a family of joint light tactical vehicles (JLTV) that would replace the thin-skinned, 20-year-old humvee.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 Ben Ames |
Army's Next-Generation Humvee Will Use Networked Vetronics In a departure from using trucks that are simple workhorses, Army leaders have required that each vehicle be packed with electronics.  |
National Defense April 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Struggles to Maintain Ground Vehicle Fleet Facing a $12 billion tab to repair and replace vehicles and equipment damaged in combat operations, the Army expects to both reassess funding priorities and take a hard look at its logistics and maintenance practices.  |
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Wants Trucks That `Survive' Combat Repeated attacks on truck convoys in Iraq have prompted the Army to revisit its requirements for future logistics vehicles.  |
Defense Update Issue 3, 2004 |
Up-Armored HUVMEE The Humvee became a prime target for attacks on US forces. Much has been done to improve the protection of this vehicle, and more is planned.  |
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Surge in Vehicle Orders Calls for Unconventional Buying Methods Amid escalating pressure to deliver better protection for troops in Iraq, the Army and the Marine Corps have committed to buying nearly 6,800 mine-resistant armored vehicles. But buying this quantity requires some creative purchasing.  |
National Defense February 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Services in the Market for 4,000 Blast-Proof Vehicles Expectations that U.S. troops will not leave Iraq for the foreseeable future have prompted the military services to request an additional 4,000 mine-resistant armored vehicles.  |
National Defense April 2012 Eric Beidel |
Downturn in Military Truck Market Produces More Losers Than Winners The frustration and anxiety among suppliers in the tactical vehicle market is palpable. The armed services have begun to terminate, delay or cut back on anticipated truck programs.  |
National Defense February 2005 Michael Peck |
Army Boosts Production of Security Vehicle Responding to the growing insurgency in Iraq, the Army has increased its purchases of the M1117 Guardian Armored Security Vehicle, with three new contract awards alone issued in 2004.  |
National Defense April 2010 Austin Wright |
Non-Metal Structure Lightens Military Truck The Army is testing an all-composite military vehicle that weighs 900 pounds less than the humvee it was modeled after.  |
National Defense November 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Truck Buyers Face 'Fix or Purchase' Dilemma The Army's aging fleet of 160,000 Humvees needs to be modernized, officials say. The plan is twofold: Refurbish a portion of the Humvee fleet and replace the rest with brand-new trucks.  |
National Defense July 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Pushes Truck Technology Forward The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is one of the most hotly competed contracts currently up for grabs in the U.S. defense market.  |
National Defense January 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Army's Ground Combat Vehicle Stirs Confusion In Industry The Army plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next several years on the design of a new "infantry fighting vehicle." With new big-ticket military programs becoming increasingly scarce, this would normally qualify as great news for contractors.  |
National Defense February 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Allots Additional Funds To Fix, Modernize Truck Fleet With a boost of at least $2 billion in the Army's budget for tactical trucks, officials are grappling with how best to strike the right balance between immediate and future needs.  |
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Investment Decisions Haunting Army Today The oversimplified explanation of why the U.S. Army did not have enough bulletproof vests and armored trucks for troops in Iraq is that suppliers could not keep up with the demand.  |
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Next-Generation Humvee Faces Delays, Budget Crunch The Army and Marine Corps are expected to delay an industry competition to design and build a new family of light trucks to replace aging humvees.  |
National Defense January 2006 Robert H. Williams |
Tough, Light Fiber Protecting Soldiers Army truckers will be benefiting from an armor technology that was developed by DSM Dyneema, of Heerlen, The Netherlands.  |
National Defense January 2013 Dan Parsons |
Vendors Pour Funding Into Armored Vehicle Development Vehicle manufacturers are gearing up for several parallel armored vehicle programs and, without any guarantee of a contract, are pouring money into working prototypes so that when the time comes, they can offer an "off-the-shelf" design.  |
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
A Year at War: One Million Pieces of Damaged Equipment Repairs of worn-out and war-damaged Army equipment are certain to remain a $13 billion to $15 billion-a-year business - if not higher - for the foreseeable future.  |
National Defense February 2011 Eric Beidel |
Military Trucks Weighed Down By 'Yesteryear's Technology' Companies say they are delivering the innovation that the Pentagon says it needs from industry. But many times, vendors still find it difficult to secure long-term deals.  |
Defense Update Issue 3, 2004 |
IED - A Weapons' Profile This article covers concepts, tactics and countermeasures against Improvised Explosive Devices, as encountered in the modern "low intensity conflicts" and urban battlefields.  |