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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jo4321: [QB] Cspeed, basically it is because the Marines ordered more MRAP'S from some other vendors. Still FRPT has the majority of the current orders, and the potential for the majority of the rest, however, people are very fickle. -------------------------- U.S. Marines Order More MRAPs Posted 02/26/07 13:29 Print this story U.S. Marines Order More MRAPs By KRIS OSBORN The U.S. Marine Corps ordered another 180 of the heavily armored Mine Resistant Active Protection vehicles (MRAPs) on Feb. 23, part of its effort to accelerate production and deliver 4,100 MRAPs to the U.S. military by the end of the year. The $79 million contract from U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) in Quantico, Va., awards 20 of the improvised explosive device (IED)-stopping vehicles to General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) Canada for $11 million; 100 vehicles to Oshkosh Truck, Wis., for $30.6 million; and 60 vehicles to Protected Vehicles, Charleston, S.C., for $37.4 million. MCSC is the lead on a joint-service effort to buy more than 6,738 MRAPs for the U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Navy. The Marines have more than doubled the number of MRAPs it plans to order from 1,022 to 3,700. In January, the Corps ordered four test vehicles from nine different vendors in an effort to boost industry production and field MRAPs as quickly as possible. The $43 million deal gave each of the contractors 60 days to deliver the vehicles for testing. But ;MCSC has already begun ordering additional vehicles. ;Corps officials, who want the MRAPs as soon as possible, went to vendor locations and examined the materials and design of the vehicles. “It’s an aggressive campaign,” said MCSC spokesman Capt. Jeff Landis. “We are able to award based on the design and the survivability properties of the materials being used. That is how we can expedite contracting prior to official testing at Aberdeen.” This new order follows a Feb. 15, $122 million contract award that ordered 90 MRAPs from BAE and 125 from Force Dynamics, a joint venture of GDLS and Force Protection. In total, these two contracts disperse delivery orders among five of the nine vendors that were given money in January. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, deputy for acquisitions and systems management, said he wondered whether dispersing vehicle orders among so many different vendors might complicate maintenance and supplies in theater. Sorenson said simultaneously fielding a host of different models of the same vehicle would not work as a long-term option in a war zone. Landis said each vendor will send representatives with parts and manuals to deploy with their MRAPs. Each vehicle will be outfitted with gear at a U.S. military facility in Charleston, S.C., before deploying aboard ship or a C-5 airlifter. Oshkosh is offering the 13-ton Bushmaster armored vehicle currently in use by the Australian Defense Force and Dutch Army. Oshkosh marketing manager Joquin Salas said the vehicle has endured 12,000 miles of reliability testing, and comes in command-and-control, ambulance and mortar-carrier versions. The vehicle’s V-hull contains the whole drive train, including engine, transmission, transfer case and drive shaft. The two-year-old Protected Vehicles says it is close to finishing the Golan, an MRAP demonstrator based on a four-wheel-drive armored vehicle with insensitive explosive reactive armor tiles manufactured by Israel-based Rafael. The Golan vehicle is currently being tested in Israel by the Israeli Defense Forces. The vehicle might be equipped with a lightweight armor composite called ShieldAll. “In order to stop a 7.62 x 54mm armor-piercing round, you need a little more than 30 pounds of armored steel. ShieldAll can stop the same round for a little over 10 pounds per square foot. Also, ShieldAll has multi-hit capability,” said Protected Vehicles program manager Drew Felty. General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada is working with BAE to build MRAPs based on the RG-31 Mk5. Under the deal, GDLS-Canada will manage the program and BAE Land Systems will build the vehicles in York, Pa. The U.S. Army ordered 265 of them in October, said Ken Yama****a, corporate affairs manager with GDLS-Canada. • E-mail: kosborn*defensenews.com. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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