The vehicle saved soldiers in Iraq. Now it's getting a $2 billion makeover for Afghanistan.

MRAP variants must be programmed and planned for non-recurring engineering requirements over time, aligned with the network, mission command and tactical data radio modernization strategy.

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 ...

“Without MRAP, personnel loss rates are likely to continue at their current rate.” At a critical meeting on safety in late March 2005, Mattis heard directly from Maj. Roy McGriff III, the ...

The MRAP vehicle is more resistant to Improvised Explosive Devices than up-armored Humvees because it is built to deflect blasts, says Tim Knabel, lead engineer for the MRAP project.

The sale of as many as 4,569 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) trucks could equip a force of Arab nations that has yet to be created, said the U.S. government official, who spoke on condition ...

It costs about $12,000 to crunch and dispose of a single MRAP here, said Mark E. Wright, a Defense Department spokesman. To ship one back to the U.S. and rebuild it to current standards would cost ...

Are Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles the answer to Explosively Formed Penetrators, the armor-piercing bombs that are becoming increasingly common in Iraq? The vast majority of IEDs ...

The Defense Department says that its $45 billion MRAP program saved the lives of 40,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. But according to a study of restricted Pentagon data, that number is a ...

At the time, the Pentagon’s own records showed that IED attacks were responsible for 70 percent of U.S. casualties in Iraq. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, then only four months into his tenure, ...

Douglas County Sheriff Office’s MRAP armored vehicle. Bellevue Police Department will soon be obtaining an MRAP as well. Bellevue police will soon obtain a demilitarized vehicle for rescues. An ...