FALLS CHURCH, VA, Nov. 8, 2011. General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Force Protection, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRPT) today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which General ...

The estimated $8.4 billion MRAP program for 7,774 mine-resistant vehicles has seen almost 63% of its orders issued, with new orders emerging as vehicles complete testing and production capacity opens ...

LADSON, S.C., 11 April 2011. Force Protection Industries Inc., a Force Protection Inc. group company, won a $46.6 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract (M67854-11-C-5063) from the U.S. Marine ...

This is Force Protection’s primary product, a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle with its key design feature the V-shaped hull. In the shadowy business of international warfare, Garth ...

General Dynamics agreed to acquire Force Protection Inc. for about $360 million in cash as the defense giant looks to boost its armored-vehicle business. Force Protection holders will receive $5.52 a ...

Force Protection Inc., one of the region's largest manufacturers, is being sold to defense giant General Dynamics. The sale of the Ladson-based armored vehicle maker works out to $5.52 a share, or a ...

COUGAR PROTECTION: Force Protection Industries Inc. received two contract awards worth $30 million from U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command for 188 Cougar Exterior Ballistic Explosively Formed ...

Every military base is composed of people doing many different jobs working in unison to generate, sustain and complete mission objectives. In a deployed environment there’s one job that brings Airmen ...

(Reuters) - U.S. defense contractor General Dynamics Corp said Monday it would buy smaller rival Force Protection Inc for $360 million to beef up its armored vehicle business, as the industry faces ...