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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 2323163" data-attributes="member: 44954"><a href="http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/inmates-made-thousands-of-unsafe-helmets-for-u-s-troop-1785524137" target="_blank">http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/inmates-made-thousands-of-unsafe-helmets-for-u-s-troop-1785524137</a><a href="http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/inmates-made-thousands-of-unsafe-helmets-for-u-s-troop-1785524137" target="_blank">Inmates Made Thousands Of Unsafe Helmets For U.S. Troops</a>&nbsp;FPI had also worked as a subcontractor for Ohio-based company ArmorSource, which was one of four companies contracted to manufacture Advanced Combat Helmets, or ACHs. The two companies made 126,052 helmets from 2006 to 2009, for which ArmorSource made a total of $30,336,461.04.The investigations found that both FPI’s LMCH helmets and the ACH helmets it produced for ArmorSource were riddled with manufacturing defects.These helmets are a big deal for soldiers’ safety, and the DOJ report makes that abundantly clear. It says says the defects found in the investigation could “likely cause serious injury or death to the wearer,” due in part to reduced ballistic and impact protection.In the end, about 150,000 helmets were recalled (126,052 ACH and 23,000 LMCH). The ACH recall alone, according to the investigation, cost the government over $19 million, so add the LMCH recall and this was clearly a major cash drain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 2323163, member: 44954"] [URL='http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/inmates-made-thousands-of-unsafe-helmets-for-u-s-troop-1785524137'][/URL] [SIZE=6][B][URL='http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/inmates-made-thousands-of-unsafe-helmets-for-u-s-troop-1785524137']Inmates Made Thousands Of Unsafe Helmets For U.S. Troops[/URL][/B] [/SIZE] FPI had also worked as a subcontractor for Ohio-based company ArmorSource, which was one of four companies contracted to manufacture Advanced Combat Helmets, or ACHs. The two companies made 126,052 helmets from 2006 to 2009, for which ArmorSource made a total of $30,336,461.04. The investigations found that both FPI’s LMCH helmets and the ACH helmets it produced for ArmorSource were riddled with manufacturing defects. These helmets are a big deal for soldiers’ safety, and the DOJ report makes that abundantly clear. It says says the defects found in the investigation could “likely cause serious injury or death to the wearer,” due in part to reduced ballistic and impact protection.[SIZE=6] [/SIZE] In the end, about 150,000 helmets were recalled (126,052 ACH and 23,000 LMCH). The ACH recall alone, according to the investigation, cost the government over $19 million, so add the LMCH recall and this was clearly a major cash drain. [/QUOTE]

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