Defense Update has more news on the Pentagon's plans to deploy 4,100 additional mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles to Iraq within the year. Over the next two months, the Navy, which is managing the project, will test commercially available vehicles from nine different companies before selecting a winner. Among those competing is Force Protection Industries Inc., which manufactures the Cougar Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal Rapid Response Vehicle, which you can read about here.

These vehicles can play an important role in reducing IED-related casualties, so we will keep an eye on this program as it moves along.

I'll take the one on the left.