3 MRAP makers named

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An MRAP is driven on a test course during a media demonstration Aug. 24 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.


3 MRAP makers named
By KRIS OSBORN - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Oct 18, 2007 20:27:50 EDT

Pentagon officials have chosen Navistar International, BAE Systems and Force Protection to produce 2,400 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, having winnowed the list of MRAP I bidders from at least five firms.

These new contracts — which bring the total of MRAPs on order to 8,800 — will be followed by an additional 6,500 MRAPs in December, according to Pentagon officials. To finance this next purchase, the DoD will ask Congress for an additional $8 billion, these officials added.

“The Defense Department is working with the White House to formally request those funds, which should go over in the form of a budget amendment,” a senior DoD official told reporters during a Pentagon briefing Oct. 18.

Last month, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) approved the purchase of a total of 15,374 vehicles worth $11.5 billion.

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Gates also said MRAPs are now airlifted to Iraq, but some future vehicles will be transported by sea.


Rest of article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/10/army_mrapcontract_071017w/



uhc comment: Follow the money.

Navistar is selling MRAPs for about 1/2 price.

Force Protection is selling MRAPs for about 68% of the cost.

BAE is selling MRAPs for about 70% of the cost.

And don't forget the U.S. Special Operations Command's MRAPs at a discount price of 50%.

Can anyone spell cost overrun on the way?

Past posts on MRAPs --> http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=259&topic_id=5424