US Army orders Additional Buffalo mine-protected vehicles

Force Protection, LADSON, S.C: Force Protection, Inc. today announced that it has received a contract from the U.S. Army’s Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) for the production of an additional 29 Buffalo mine-protected vehicles. The approximate total value of the contract is $22.3 million. 
 
Force Protection has delivered more than 140 Buffalo vehicles to date in support of route clearance missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
 
“We are gratified to note the critical role the Buffalo continues to fill for our armed forces,” said Force Protection President Michael Moody. “Since 2003, this vehicle has been used by route clearance teams to make thousands of miles of road safer for our troops. We are extremely pleased to know that the Buffalo will continue to support the warfighter in this important mission.” 
 
Force Protection and its partners have delivered more than 1,000 total vehicles to support the global war on terror in the past four years.  
 
Force Protection, Inc.’s vehicles, Cougar and Buffalo, have a proven track record in the battlefield. These specialty vehicles protect against landmines, hostile fire, and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs, commonly referred to as roadside bombs). Force Protection's mine and ballistic protection technologies are among the most advanced in the world. The vehicles are manufactured outside Charleston, S.C.