Army Seeks More Armored Humvees

CNN reports: Army seeks more armored Humvees. This is good to see, but it’s terrible that it didn’t happen until it became a public relations problem.

The U.S. Army is renegotiating with a Florida company to increase production of uparmored Humvees from 450 a month up to 550 a month, a senior Pentagon official said Friday.

… The Army said that until the issue this week, it was unaware that Armor Holdings could refit more vehicles. The Army said it thought that the company had commitments to other customers.

The Army may have been unaware of the company’s capacity, but surely they’ve been aware of the lack of equipment. For almost two years. Is Armor Holdings the only company that can add armor to combat vehicles?

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