Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) recently launched a major procurement initiative to replace all uparmored High Mobility, Multi-Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) in Iraq with Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles by FY2009. MRAPs have been described as providing twice as much protection against Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) -- responsible for about 70% of U.S. casualties in Iraq -- than uparmored HMMWVs. The DOD's accelerated MRAP program raises a number of potential policy issues for congressional consideration. This report will be updated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 21, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472692

Entities

People

  • Andrew Feickert

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosively Formed Penetrators
  • Explosives
  • Force Protection
  • Governments
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Military Acquisition
  • Procurement
  • Shaped Charges
  • Tactical Vehicles
  • Task Forces
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Industrial Economics
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.