Emerging rapidly out of dense foliage, a truck swings around a bend on a washboard gravel road, but the only sound is the crunch of gravel beneath tires and the occasional ping of a rock hitting its ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. truck and engine maker Navistar International Corp. is taking on veteran military defense titan Lockheed Martin Corp. this week in a preliminary face-off to replace the Humvee ...

Kia is working on a fleet of new vehicles for United States and Korean troops—think do-anything 2.5- and five-ton trucks. This fleet also includes a new Humvee-like off-road vehicle based on Kia’s ...

For nearly a decade, the U.S. Army has hemmed, hawed, and talked about building a better Humvee. Soon, it might get around to actually doing so. Lockheed Martin's JLTV prototype. Photo source: ...

The Humvee is one of the longest-running vehicle nameplates used by the military. In production since 1983, it was made in vast numbers (over 280,000 until now) and in a large number of variants, ...

One the most cherished vehicles in the arsenal of the U.S. military is without a doubt the AM General Humvee. Soldiers call it High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), but no matter how you ...

Next week, the US Army will begin testing a new Humvee that has a body and frame made completely from composite materials, Fiberglass, balsa wood, foam and carbon reinforcements. Conventionally, the ...

The original AM General Humvee was known for its capabilities in extreme circumstances, as proven by an illustrious military career. This particular example is even more capable, under certain ...

Spc. Richard Schmuck of Grafton, N.D., who was one of three North Dakota National Guard soldiers who received a Purple Heart at a ceremony in Bismarck on Friday, said the newer up-armored Humvee is ...

When it comes to military all-terrain vehicles (ATV), the Humvee is probably the most famous of them all. However, similar hardcore off-road trucks can be found around the world, and Kia is one of the ...