Providing funding for the Modular Vehicle Protection Platform (MVPP) for units that require blast protection but maximum mobility.

The Modular Vehicle Protection Platform (MVPP) is an effective and inexpensive solution to ongoing Mine and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) threats facing U.S. and Multinational Military Forces and Civilians across the globe, including the ever-present threat posed by Explosive Remnants of War (ERW). Current designs of MVPP are capable of being attached to the current and future armored vehicles found in the Department of Defense inventory. MVPP offers a new, adaptable tool in the ever-evolving struggle of the IED/Mine threat and considers ongoing lessons learned from the use of technology during current engagements in the Ukraine, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Missions, and expansive worldwide De-Mining Operations. MVPPs protect against anti-personnel or anti-vehicle mines, UXOs, cluster munitions, and other obstacles that restrict free movement and kill and maim civilians. The MVPP provides more than just IED defeat, but also explosion protection without sacrificing mobility.

Congress provides funding for the Modular Vehicle Protection Platform (MVPP) in order to provide blast protection and maximum mobility.