The Army is working to fill a shortfall in Iraq of thousands of advanced Humvee armor kits designed to reduce U.S. troop deaths from roadside bombs -- including a rising threat from particularly ...

ROCK ISLAND -- To protect American soldiers, the Rock Island Arsenal is moving into high gear to produce 500 armored door kits to replace canvas now used on Army Humvees in Iraq. ``We're just starting ...

Battelle is supplying Special Operations Forces (SOF) of various U.S. military services with 475 Humvee armor kits that are at least 300 pounds lighter than currently fielded armor kits, the company ...

WASHINGTON -- Shortages of armored Humvees and transport trucks for American soldiers in Iraq are not because of shortages of manufacturing capacity, officials at the Rock Island Arsenal said Friday.

The job of protecting U.S. troops in Iraq from land mines, roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and sniper fire is largely falling on factory workers back home. At the U.S. Army's Rock Island ...

WASHINGTON—The Army had only a few armored Humvees in Iraq when the war against Saddam Hussein turned into a battle against Iraqi insurgents and foreign terrorists. Within a year, it needed nearly ...

WASHINGTON — Two top Marine Corps officers acknowledged yesterday that they waited two months to issue a contract for armor kits to protect the undersides of Humvees after promising to do so earlier ...

The Army is working to fill a shortfall in Iraq of thousands of advanced Humvee armor kits designed to reduce U.S. troop deaths from roadside bombs -- including a rising threat from particularly ...