The vehicle saved soldiers in Iraq. Now it's getting a $2 billion makeover for Afghanistan.

The MRAP vehicle is more resistant to Improvised Explosive Devices than up-armored Humvees because it is built to deflect blasts, says Tim Knabel, lead engineer for the MRAP project.

MRAP variants must be programmed and planned for non-recurring engineering requirements over time, aligned with the network, mission command and tactical data radio modernization strategy.

“Without MRAP, personnel loss rates are likely to continue at their current rate.” At a critical meeting on safety in late March 2005, Mattis heard directly from Maj. Roy McGriff III, the ...

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 ...

An MRAP Is Not a Blanket Kara Dansky, Former Senior Counsel, ACLU Center for Justice. Share This Page. December 2, 2014. This August, Americans watched in horror as the police descended on peaceful ...

Are Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles the answer to Explosively Formed Penetrators, the armor-piercing bombs that are becoming increasingly common in Iraq? The vast majority of IEDs ...

The Defense Department says that its $45 billion MRAP program saved the lives of 40,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. But according to a study of restricted Pentagon data, that number is a ...

The sale of as many as 4,569 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) trucks could equip a force of Arab nations that has yet to be created, said the U.S. government official, who spoke on condition ...

Here at The Watch, we’re looking for the smallest town in America to acquire an MRAP, or Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected armored personnel vehicle. For the past few years, the Pentagon has been ...

But these items are not equal—an MRAP is not a blanket. We should also be realistic about the ability of training to solve the problem of militarized policing. The report correctly notes that many ...