Production rates for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle are on pace to yield by this December less than half of what Marine Corps officials had expected U.S. companies to produce each month. Six armored vehicle makers, three of which have the bulk of the 3,765 MRAP orders issued to date, will be producing approximately 500 vehicles a month by the end of the year, according to sources familiar with current MRAP production deliveries based on contracts awarded to date...
