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The Motley Fool
June 21, 2007
Rich Smith
No Love for Force Protection Despite another win, the armored vehicle maker's stock falls. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2007
Rich Smith
Force Protection Dances a Jig A $1.2 billion Pentagon award to produce additional mine-resistant, ambush-protected armored vehicles is divided between Force Protection and two other defense contractors. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2011
Rich Smith
News Flash: We're Still at War in Afghanistan And Navistar is benefiting. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2011
Rich Smith
Rethink Your Position on Defense Stocks America's involvement in the Afghan war isn't ending anytime soon. Nor are these companies' revenues, or profits, from the war. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2009
Rich Smith
Force Protection Blasts Past Wall Street With a share price valuing the company at just 0.4 times last year's sales, Force deserves a future in your portfolio. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2008
Rich Smith
Force Protection Not Dead Yet Force Protection lands a $115 million contract to provide 174 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles to the British military. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2012
Yasmin Tadjdeh
Middle East MRAP Sales Give Hope to Truck Manufacturers Oshkosh Corp. inked a multi-million dollar deal to sell 750 of its off-road version of the MRAP to the United Arab Emirates. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2007
Ron Vlieger
Oshkosh on the Road Again Truck manufacturer Oshkosh's merger with construction equipment maker JLG seems to be working; the company announced sales nearly double the previous year's pre-merger totals. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2007
Rich Smith
Oops, General Dynamics Does It Again Force Protection loses as General Dynamics wins the war over the contract for the military's MRAP program. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2009
Rich Smith
M-ATV Bids: The Pentagon Picks Its Winners The Pentagon narrowed the field of contenders to just five companies, and asked each one to provide it with three prototype M-ATVs to test. Read on to see who the winners are. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2012
Yasmin Tadjdeh
The MRAP: Was It Worth the Price? The $45 billion MRAP program has come under fire for its high cost, and some have questioned whether less expensive vehicles -- such as armored Humvees -- would have been just as effective in preventing loss of life. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Surge in Vehicle Orders Calls for Unconventional Buying Methods Amid escalating pressure to deliver better protection for troops in Iraq, the Army and the Marine Corps have committed to buying nearly 6,800 mine-resistant armored vehicles. But buying this quantity requires some creative purchasing. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2010
Rich Smith
Armored Cars and Naked Capitalists Force Protection seeks profits where it finds 'em. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Military Services in the Market for 4,000 Blast-Proof Vehicles Expectations that U.S. troops will not leave Iraq for the foreseeable future have prompted the military services to request an additional 4,000 mine-resistant armored vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2008
Rich Smith
A Disturbance in the Force This company is a mess. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2014
Dan Parsons
Repurposed MRAPs Find New Life in Police Agencies The Pentagon wants to be rid of most of the hulking trucks, so much so that it is giving away thousands. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2010
Rich Smith
Force Protection: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats How does the world's smallest arms manufacturer stack up? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2007
Rich Smith
Oshkosh on the Open Road Oshkosh Truck, maker of all species of trucks, from fire trucks to cement mixers to armored vehicles, reports higher sales and profits, but optimistic statements regarding MRAP need to be taken with a grain of salt. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 6, 2007
Rich Smith
Force Protection's Shredded Storybook Second order for MRAP armored vehicles goes to a surprise winner. The 18,000 sales that investors had priced into the stock have been ripped from the pages of this storybook story. How the story will end, is anyone's guess. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
July 2007
Erik Sofge
Super Humvee: Marine Truck to Dodge Bombs in Iraq While no vehicle is IED-proof, the Marines have placed an order for 1000 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPs -- which are better armored than a Humvee. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2009
Rich Smith
And the Winner Is ... Oshkosh! (By Gosh!) The Pentagon awards the first $1 billion installment on the contract for off-road MRAP armored vehicles to Wisconsin-based heavy industrialist Oshkosh Corp. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2009
Rich Smith
Navistar Rolls Into Canada Its stock price is stalled, but the truck maker could pick up momentum. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Predicts Long Life for Humvees Humvees will vastly outnumber MRAPs for the foreseeable future, at least if the Army has any say in it. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2009
Rich Smith
Time to Buy Force Protection? Revenues for this armored vehicle maker look fine, but profits went up in smoke. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2009
Rich Smith
Mr. Obama Goes to Kabul You cried when Mr. Smith went to Washington. Now profit as Mr. Obama goes to Kabul. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2011
Navjot Kaur
This Defense Contractor Just Got More Protection General Dynamics acquires Force Protection for a 31% premium. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2008
Rich Smith
Fool on Call: Force Protection Projections News from Force Protection's recent conference call on what progress it is making with its problems. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 17, 2008
Rich Smith
MRAP Madness Let's take a look at Force Protection's new contract to see if the company is properly priced right now. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2008
Rich Smith
Foolish Forecast: Ceradyne's Slip Is Showing In advance of earnings, analysts expect ceramics maker Ceradyne to barely grow sales, but profits may suffer. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2011
David C. Ake
Why Troops Love, and Sometimes Hate, the MRAP To date, more than 27,000 MRAPs have been produced. Nearly 15,000 are now in Afghanistan. Commanders there have all but phased out the use of flat-bottomed Humvees outside the wire. About 2,000 MRAPs remain in the United States for training. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2008
Breanne Wagner
Marine Corps Ponders Latest MRAP Lessons As thousands of mine resistant, ambush protected vehicles are rushed to the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, military officials say that the enemy already has found ways to beat the heavily armored trucks, known as MRAPs. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2008
Rich Smith
Who Wants to Be a 70-Billionaire? Defense companies Northrop Grumman and Oshkosh team up to bid for their share of the military transport vehicle contracts. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2011
Rich Smith
Textron Could Double Down on This Deal The Afghan army aims to acquire armored vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2013
Stew Magnuson
The MRAP: Reuse, Recycle, Reduce The Army in November awarded BAE Systems a $37.6 million contract to provide the spare parts and kits needed to convert 250 Mine Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles into trucks for bomb disposal teams. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2008
Rich Smith
Force Protection Enters the Minefield Where have all the mine resistant ambush protected vehicles gone? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2010
Rich Smith
America, Defenseless? Some of the nation's biggest defense contractors have begun receiving "Dear John" letters from the Pentagon. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2009
Rich Smith
Force Protection: Battle-Tested, Wall Street-Approved Investment banking firm Collins Stewart declares that now's the time to double down on Force's chances of winning the Pentagon's vaunted "M-ATV" armored vehicle contract. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
November 21, 2007
Rich Smith
This Ain't Your Mama's Humvee The biggest names in armored warfare are gearing up to vie for the Pentagon's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program, which could be worth between $10 billion to $70 billion to the winner. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2008
Rich Smith
A Contract Is Awarded, and Humvee Hilarity Ensues Boeing and Textron complain to the Government Accountability Office about having lost the Pentagon's Humvee contract. Northrop Grumman, and Oshkosh have filed protests as well. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2011
Rich Smith
Obama on Afghanistan The troops come out, the money stays in. For shareholders of defense contractors, one of the biggest worries today is the fear that MidEast pullouts will drain away revenues from defense contractors. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2009
Rich Smith
6 Stocks That Never Surrender In the continuing battle between the S&P 500 and six defense stocks, let's see how the stocks are doing: General Dynamics... Raytheon... Lockheed martin... AeroVironment... iRobot... Force Protection... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2012
Eric Beidel
Military Provides Little Clarity For Future of Truck Fleets As wars end and budgets tighten, the Pentagon has begun trying to make sense of the spending spree that was the past decade. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
September 12, 2008
Joe Pappalardo
6 American Weapons Systems to Rearm Iraqi Army for Withdrawal This week the Wall Street Journal reported that Iraq is starting to inquire about the purchase of F-16 fighters from the United States -- another step in the process of the expected military withdrawal. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2007
Rich Smith
BULL-ish on Ceradyne? News last week that body armor specialist Ceradyne had developed an armored vehicle seemed to give the stock of already-down Force Protection just one more kick, sending it down as much as 8% in reaction in under 24 hours of trading. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Why the Mightiest Military Can't Get Enough Trucks The political circus that has surrounded the procurement of mine-resistant armored vehicles for troops in Iraq comes as no surprise. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
July 23, 2007
Christopher Megerian
Operation: Leaf Blower A growing list of unconventional battlefield supplies from the civilian sector can provide quick fixes in Iraq's brutal war zones. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Next-Generation Humvee Faces Delays, Budget Crunch The Army and Marine Corps are expected to delay an industry competition to design and build a new family of light trucks to replace aging humvees. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2011
Jean & Magnuson
Industry Execs Ponder a Shrinking Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Market Military truck manufacturers are beginning to worry about the long-term future of the industry. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2010
Rich Smith
1,946 Reasons to Buy Force Protection Force reminds us: There's strength in numbers. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 21, 2009
Rich Smith
Analyst Jumps the Gun on Force Protection Shares of Force Protection took a critical hit, hurt by negative comments and a downgrade to "hold" from market maven Collins Stewart. Was it justified? mark for My Articles similar articles