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Armor Holdings, Inc. was a manufacturer of military, law enforcement and personnel safety equipment. Armor Holdings was founded in 1969 as American Body Armor and Equipment, Inc. 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.
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. On August 2, 2005, Armor Holdings acquired Second Chance, a body armor manufacturing company, for $45 million.
Armor Holdings, Inc. acquired Fairfield, Ohio-based O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt in 2001 and renamed it Centigon. O'Gara-Hess and Eisenhardt was a specialty vehicle manufacturer based in Fairfield, Ohio, in the United States. The company became part of Armor Holdings, Inc a world leader in security products and services which in late 2005 reorganized its mobile security division under the Centigon brand name.
The Carat Security Group was formed in February, 2008 as the world's two premier mobile armor manufacturers, Carat Duchatelet and Centigon, combined to form the world's largest commercial armored vehicle provider, operating eight factories worldwide, serving every continent. With over 13 decades of coachbuilding experience and comprehensive armored solutions for Heads of State, Cash-in-Transit, Off-road and Military vehicles, Carat solutions exceed the need.
In 2007 Armor Holdings was purchased by BAE Systems Inc. (formerly BAE Systems North America) and renamed BAE Systems Mobility & Protection Systems. The divisions have been reorganised within BAE Systems Land and Armaments. 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. 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 MTVR (through subcontractor, Plasan Sasa). It also produces the majority of the US Army's MOLLE equipment.
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.
BAE sold Centigon to Carat Duchatelet Holdings in February 2008. Currently Carat Security Group is the world’s largest commercial mobile armor group: