Army awards contract to retrofit humvees with safety tech

By Ethan Sterenfeld / March 26, 2021 at 2:00 PM
Ricardo Defense recently won an $89 million contract for kits to retrofit safety technology onto humvees, which are expected to lower the risk of vehicle rollovers, according to a March 16 Army announcement. The kits will add anti-lock brakes and electronic stability controls to vehicles that were produced before the Army began including the technology on new and recapitalized vehicles, according to a Ricardo press release about the contract. The contract will provide kits for 1,900 up-armored Humvees from fiscal...

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