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Thales Australia Bushmaster IMV – Has been removed from the competition as of 7 August 2007.

Force Protection Cougar HE 6圆 – 950 vehicles ordered.

The Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Rapid Response Vehicle ( JERRV) is designed for missions including convoy lead, troop transport, ambulance, explosive ordnance disposal and combat engineering.Ĭategory II MRAP vehicles ordered or currently in service:

Protected Vehicles Inc./Oshkosh Truck Alpha – Although 100 vehicles were initially ordered, Oshkosh was notified by the Marine Corps on 29 June 2007 that it would receive no further orders for the PVI Alpha due to "concern regarding overall vehicle survivability" and other fundamental design deficiencies of an automotive and ergonomic nature, adding that remediation "would require significant redesign".

As of, Textron had been notified by the USMC that they will not be receiving any additional orders as part of the MRAP program.

Textron M1117 Guardian – Removed from competition.

International MaxxPro – 7,474 vehicles ordered.

Force Protection Cougar H 4x4 – 1,560 vehicles ordered.

Category 1 MRAP vehicles ordered or in service: The Mine-Resistant Utility Vehicle (MRUV) is smaller and lighter, designed for urban operations. casualties from IEDs during the Iraq War.

military's MRAP program was prompted by U.S. Department of Defense, it negotiated to ensure enough steel was available to keep pace with production.

Because there are only two "armor quality" steel mills in the U.S., the Russian-owned Oregon Steel Mills and the International Steel Group (now part of the Indian firm ArcelorMittal), qualified to produce steel armor for the U.S. It became the springboard from which the MRAP program was launched.

In 2004, the TSG/FPI Cougar was designed by a British-led U.S. The Casspir infantry mobility vehicle was developed for the South African Defence Force after 1980 this was the inspiration for the American MRAP program and the basis for some of the program's vehicles. These early vehicles did the job, but chassis were overloaded and were not very agile off road. The next generation was represented by the Buffel, a Unimog chassis with a mine-protected cab and a mine-protected crew compartment mounted on it. Then came the first generation of purpose-built vehicles, the Hippo and various other light types They were essentially armoured V-shaped hulls mounted on truck chassis. The first step in SADF was the Bosvark, a Unimog fitted with a shallow mine-deflecting tub on the chassis to protect the crew. Light armored vehicles designed specifically to resist land mines were first introduced in specialized vehicles in the 1970s by the Rhodesian Army, and further developed by South African manufacturers, starting in 1974 with the Hippo armored personnel carrier (APC).