defense founded january 1 1996 headquarters jacksonville florida united states owner bae systems parent bae systems land and armaments divisions stewart & stevenson website www.armorholdings.com armor holdings inc. was a manufacturer of military law enforcement and personnel safety equipment . it was acquired by bae systems on july 31 2007 1 and renamed bae systems mobility & protection systems . the divisions have been reorganised within bae systems land and armaments . contents 1 history 1.1 bae acquisition 2 products 3 zylon body armor settlement 4 references 5 external links history edit armor holdings was founded in 1969 as american body armor and equipment inc. 2 at jacksonville florida . in january 1996 the company underwent a change in control ; kanders florida holdings inc. and others purchased the stock held by the company s two largest shareholders . the armor holdings inc. name was adopted on august 21 1996 . 2 it acquired fairfield ohio based o gara hess & eisenhardt in 2001 3 and renamed it centigon . in 2003 it acquired simula inc. a developer and producer of military seating systems the cockpit air bag system cabs for us army helicopters the small arms protective insert sapi armor system and parachutes . simula developed and produced the first crashworthy armored crew seats for the us army uh 60 black hawk and ah 64 apache helicopters . 4 5 6 on august 2 2005 armor holdings acquired second chance a body armor manufacturing company for 45 million . in 2006 armor holdings obtained a 649 million order for the u.s. army to manufacture tactical vehicle trucks . 7 bae acquisition edit on may 7 2007 bae systems announced its subsidiary bae systems inc. was to purchase armor holdings for us 4.1 billion us 4.5 billion including net debt . 8 the acquisition was completed on july 31 2007 . 9 armor holdings three business units ; aerospace & defense group the products group and the mobile security division were merged into bae systems as mobility & protection systems bae systems products group and bae systems mobile security respectively . 10 products edit its products include the caiman mrap vehicle family of medium tactical vehicles fmtv the pinzgauer high mobility all terrain vehicle as well as armor kits and components for the hmmwv and medium tactical vehicle replacement mtvr through subcontractor plasan sasa . 11 12 it also produces the majority of the us army s molle equipment . 13 it delivered its maneuver sustainment vehicle msv to us army for evaluation in future tactical truck system competition along with navistar international and lockheed martin . 14 zylon body armor settlement edit on october 7 2008 the us department of justice announced a 30 million settlement with armor holdings products llc over claims that armor holdings knowingly violated the federal false claims act by selling defective zylon body armor to the government . this is part of a larger investigation of zylon armor by the doj and the military . 15 references edit about armor holdings bae systems . production.investis.com . 2010 . archived from the original on 13 july 2011 . retrieved june 9 2011 . a b armor holdings inc. company profile british company agrees to buy armor holdings . the associated press . 2007 05 08 . retrieved 2007 05 22 . dod sbir success stories simula hoover s profiles simula answers.com simula armor holdings gets 32m contract upi.com . upi.com . 2011 . retrieved june 28 2011 . bae systems plc announces proposed acquisition of armor holdings inc. pdf press release . bae systems plc. 2007 05 07 . archived pdf from the original on 16 june 2007 . retrieved 2007 05 07 . bae systems completes acquisition of armor holdings inc. pdf press release . bae systems plc. 2007 07 31 . archived from the original on 30 september 2007 . retrieved 2007 09 07 . about armor holdings mobility & protection systems bae systems 110m for mtvr vehicle armor 397.5 m in contracts for molle backpacks vests et al. http www6.autonet.ca news story.cfm story news 2007 03 29 3862297 ap.html http www.usdoj.gov opa pr 2008 october 08 civ 901.html external links edit official website aerospace & defense website company profile via forbes us doj press room retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title armor holdings & oldid 738397671 categories defense companies of the united statesbae systems subsidiaries and divisionscompanies based in jacksonville floridacompanies established in 19691969 establishments in florida navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages svenska edit links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 18 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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