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5,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles To Be Delivered by BAE

BAE Systems will deliver more than 5,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles under existing contracts with the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps.

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles are a family of armored fighting vehicles designed to survive IED attacks and ambushes. IEDs cause the majority of US deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is no common MRAP vehicle design; there are several vendors, each with a competing entry. Just in 2007, the Pentagon has ordered the production of about 10,000 MRAPs at a cost of over US$500,000 each, and the Pentagon plans to order more MRAPs.

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