Over 7700 New Combat Vehicles for the Troops

That's the order for our troops serving overseas, and most will come from Charleston based Force Protection, according to Defense Industry Daily:

After 4 years of combat in an arena that featured IED land
mines as the #1 threat, the US military's success in fielding limited numbers of
blast-resistant Cougar and Buffalo vehicles finally drew the attention of senior
military officials, and the civilian politicians to whom they report. The
military's order of MRAP (Mine-Resistant, Ambush Protected) vehicles went from
1,000 vehicles in 2006, to 4,100 later that year, and soon thereafter to 7,774 vehicles. Within that expanded order,
however, only 2,500 were for the Army; 3,700 were for the US Marines, who vowed
to make every patrol vehicle operating "outside the wire" in Iraq's Anbar
province an MRAP vehicle...

Reports speculate that the number of vehicles requested could
be as high as 17,000 by end of 2010, even though blast-resistant vehicles are
likely to be at least twice as expensive as the Humvees they
replace.

This is an amazing boom for local industry, and proof that the US can still make quality products that are the envy of the world.

Also in a related story-Force Protection to Participate in Dodge Avenger 500 .

But here's a scary thought from Blackfive-"Life saving MRAP’s may be delayed by Democrats and the war spending bill."