NBC: US to boost armored Humvee output
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The US Army has asked the company that is producing fully armored Humvees to expand the Armyâs order to 550 per month, an increase of 100 a month, NBC News learned Friday.
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Textron Systems of Wilmington yesterday said it received a contract to supply 212 armored combat trucks for soldiers in Iraq by 2006, but said it could produce them even faster if the Army wished.
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The military is ordering more lightweight armor developed in Ohio that protects troops in Humvees from automatic weapons fire and grenades without slowing the vehicles. Unarmored Humvees have become targets in the war in Iraq.
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ARLINGTON, Va. - As of Wednesday, 282 up-armored Humvees are on ships en route to the Mideast, adding to the nearly 6,000 in place, Army spokesmen said Thursday.
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Oshkosh Truck and Northrop Grumman's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle promises better maneuverability, survivability, and payload capacity than the Humvee.
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Regarding complaints about the lack of properly armored vehicles for troops in Iraq [&quot;Rumsfeld Gets Earful From Troops,&quot; front page, Dec. 9]: The Humvee was not designed to be an armored fighting vehicle.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says Iraqi security forces need equipment as well as training and anything NATO allies can do to support them will be helpful.
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Military officials said Thursday they were working hard to upgrade the armor on Army vehicles in Iraq, a day after a soldier had pressed Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on the subject. President Bush said, "The concerns expressed are being addressed."
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SEVILLE, Spain  - The United States stepped up pressure on NATO allies on Thursday to send more troops to crush an expected Taliban offensive in the coming weeks.
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Unmanned aerial vehicles and other remote-controlled weapons are part of a high-tech arsenal the U.S. military is developing to help minimize casualties in battles with insurgents.
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The U.S. military has suffered a first fatality in one of a new fleet of heavily armored vehicles designed to protect soldiers from roadside bombs, the military said on Tuesday.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told NATO allies Thursday that new commitments to assist U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq make success there more likely.
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The Army says it will spend more than $4 billion in the coming months to rush more armored vehicles to Iraq to protect troops against insurgents&#39; bombs.
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Albany-- Just days after an Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld addressed a complaint about he lack of armor for military Humvees, Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss is speaking out about the issue.
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LOS ANGELES  - The popular BBC car show "Top Gear" is revving up a U.S. edition.
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President George W. Bush said Thursday that concerns expressed by US soldiers in Kuwait a day earlier about having inadequately armored vehicles for their missions in Iraq &quot;are being addressed.
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US Army orders more IED detecting robots and gear to upgrade others.