The Army last week placed a $22 million order with armored truck builder Force Protection for more than two dozen of its largest mine-protected vehicles -- called Buffalos -- to address a request from commanders in Iraq for additional route clearance capability and to replace vehicles lost in combat, according to a service official. The Nov. 8 order for 29 Buffalos, disclosed by the company in a Nov. 9 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, was placed by U.S...
