The Defense Department is working to add armored plates to the sides of the Caiman Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles for protection against explosively formed penetrators in Iraq, said DOD acquisition chief Ashton Carter. Carter said this update to the MRAP is a "very important effort" for officials in the Pentagon. BAE Systems builds the Caiman MRAP. The update is not as important in Afghanistan as it is in Iraq, because the homemade explosives are the more pressing threat in...
