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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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2011 Rich Smith |
News Flash: We're Still at War in Afghanistan And Navistar is benefiting. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 6, 2010 Rich Smith |
Armored Cars and Naked Capitalists Force Protection seeks profits where it finds 'em. |
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. |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2008 Rich Smith |
A Disturbance in the Force This company is a mess. |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2010 Rich Smith |
Force Protection: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats How does the world's smallest arms manufacturer stack up? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2011 Navjot Kaur |
This Defense Contractor Just Got More Protection General Dynamics acquires Force Protection for a 31% premium. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Rich Smith |
Textron Could Double Down on This Deal The Afghan army aims to acquire armored vehicles. |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 11, 2008 Rich Smith |
Force Protection Enters the Minefield Where have all the mine resistant ambush protected vehicles gone? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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... |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2010 Rich Smith |
1,946 Reasons to Buy Force Protection Force reminds us: There's strength in numbers. |
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? |