The job of protecting U.S. troops in Iraq from land mines, roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and sniper fire is largely falling on factory workers back home. At the U.S. Army's Rock Island ...

This Humvee has had enough of the military life. The vehicle left war zones behind to live a peaceful and quiet life as an overlander. It has no doors but it has the capability of battling rough ...

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Armor Holdings Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded two contracts worth $50.6 million to provide the U.S. Army with protective body armor plates and spare armor components for up-armored ...

Armored Holdings, the only maker of armor for Humvees, said it recently expanded its manufacturing capacity 20% in anticipation of Pentagon orders. But those orders have yet to materialize as the ...

On this episode of Head 2 Head, Jonny Lieberman pits an American icon against itself. Since 1984 AM Generals Humvee has served as the U.S. Militarys primary multipurpose workhorse. However, after ...

On Sunday, a Humvee was engulfed in flames after a roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy in eastern Baghdad, killing a U.S. soldier. It was not known if the Humvee had the extra armor. When the war began ...

ROCK ISLAND -- To protect American soldiers, the Rock Island Arsenal is moving into high gear to produce 500 armored door kits to replace canvas now used on Army Humvees in Iraq. ``We're just starting ...

HUMVEE CONTRACT: Armor Holdings Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., has received a $45.5 million contract to provide the U.S. and Iraqi militaries with additional M1114 up-armored Humvees, the company said ...

The Army is working to fill a shortfall in Iraq of thousands of advanced Humvee armor kits designed to reduce U.S. troop deaths from roadside bombs -- including a rising threat from particularly ...

WASHINGTON – The Army is swapping an icon – the 40-year-old Humvee – for a lighter, faster, cheaper truck designed for future battlefields. The Infantry Squad Vehicle, more dune buggy than armored ...

As long as there have been societies, there have been wars. They were fought on foot and horseback for most of recorded history, but the industrial revolution gave way to mechanized warfare, and ...