Upgrading MRAPs: BAE models get "blast-attenuating" seats

CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ArmorWorks, a leading provider of advanced survivability products, today announced the receipt of an initial $5 million order from BAE Systems for blast attenuating seats to be installed in BAE’s Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. The seats incorporate ArmorWorks’ ShockRide® energy attenuating seating system which the company introduced to the defense community in February 2007. This order provides for ArmorWorks’ lifesaving seating system to be installed in more than 400 MRAP vehicles to be used by the US Army and US Marines Corps
(Businesswire.com)

Five million dollars, eh? I'll assume at that price they've been tested and found effective.

Defensenews.com reports on a $1.4 billion deal for automated gun turrets. Note that Force Protection's Cheetah was used in testing.

CROWS units, which are already on a number of U.S. vehicles, can be fitted on the M1 Abrams tank, Humvee, Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and MRAP such as the RG-31 Mine Protected vehicle. The system can fire the .50-caliber M2 machine gun, Mk 19 grenade launcher and the M240/M249 machine gun.

Kongsberg will make parts for the Army’s CROWS at a plant in Pennsylvania. The company conducted live-fire training operations using Force Protection’s new 7-ton Cheetah vehicle in South Carolina last month.
(Defensenews.com)