Fire, flying metal fragments and burning hot explosive materials could not stop them… despite being on the receiving end of a massive roadside bomb attack did not kill soldiers at times riding in the ...

Roshel Smart Armored Vehicles has rolled out its Senator Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored fighting vehicle at the CANSEC show in Ottawa. Based on the Ford F-550 pickup truck, it's been ...

The U.S. military needed a fast solution to protect servicemen and women from improved explosive devices. And International had an answer close at hand. On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the ...

In “The MRAP Boondoggle,” Chris Rohlfs and Ryan Sullivan argue that mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles are a colossal waste of money. To be sure, the MRAP program is a big, almost irresistible ...

The U.S. Marine Corps recently ordered additional International MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles valued at more than $410 million from Navistar Defense LLC, a wholly owned ...

The first time I saw an MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle) I was simultaneously impressed and bewildered. Having just arrived in Baghdad, I had to catch a ride in one to get to the unit I ...

Numbered stickers denote the bullet marks left on a former military Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle on loan through the Defense Logistics Agency to the Paris Police Department in Texas.

Assembly-line workers recently presented military personnel with the 1,000th International MaxxPro Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle from International Military and Government, a wholly owned ...

An armored military vehicle deployed by the D.C. National Guard collided with a civilian SUV in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, trapping one person inside and ...

The Antioch Police Department’s armored rescue vehicle — originally produced to help troops survive explosives set off in Iraq and Afghanistan — will stay on the force until an alternative can be ...

Here are just a few facts about MRAPs, or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles: They feature V-shaped hulls and blast-resistant underbodies. The most recent models were designed to protect troops ...