The Pentagon today announced the final round of production orders of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles for fiscal year 2007, tapping Force Protection Industries to build an additional 125 vehicles in a deal worth $70 million. The award to the Ladson-, SC, based vehicle maker follows a deal for 600 MRAP vehicles handed to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada earlier this week, lifting the number of blast-proof trucks ordered since November to 6,415 and capping a $3.3 billion spending spree on...
