KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Sept.1, 2011 -- They come from all walks of life and all sorts of backgrounds. They're driven by the call to serve and willingly put their lives on the line every day.

The entire Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) program has been a success story for the U.S. military and its defense acquisition system. Faced with the asymmetric threat of Improvised Explosive ...

The military credits its new crop of hulking armored vehicles with saving hundreds of soldiers' skins. But these Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) behemoths come with all kinds of problems, as ...

Beginning in May 2007 when the Secretary of Defense established the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle program as the highest priority of the Department of Defense acquisition program, Red River ...

The new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles will not provide protectionagainst explosively-formed projectiles (EFP), the roadside bombs that fire a high-velocity metal slug. So contractors ...

In “The MRAP Boondoggle,” Chris Rohlfs and Ryan Sullivan argue that mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles are a colossal waste of money. To be sure, the MRAP program is a big, almost irresistible ...

It took Davis years to get an MRAP ­­­vehicle from the federal government, but less than a week to lose it. Woodland was quick to cash in on what had become a political issue, and the vehicle is now ...

A MRAP, or mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle, received in 2014 through the 1033 military surplus program, sits Thursday morning March 21, 2019, outside the Weld County Sheriff’s Office at 1950 O ...

Earlier this month, SpaceX carried out a successful test of the Crew Dragon's Launch Abort System (LAS), which would carry the capsule to safety in the event of an emergency. This is no doubt a great ...

San Diego Unified Police Chief Michael Marquez said his department has no plans to acquire surplus military equipment now that President Donald Trump has reinstated a program that transfers combat ...