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The Motley Fool October 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Ceradyne Seared Ceradyne stuns the market with a third-quarter report that underperformed expectations in just about every manner imaginable.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2007 Rich Smith	BULL-ish on Ceradyne? News last week that body armor specialist Ceradyne had developed an armored vehicle seemed to give the stock of already-down Force Protection just one more kick, sending it down as much as 8% in reaction in under 24 hours of trading.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is Ceradyne Charmed? In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor Ceradyne to slip on both sales and profits.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 Rich Smith	Ceradyn-o-Mited Investors reacted with outrage and despair to an earnings report that the ceramics specialist Ceradyne underwhelmed on both performance and prospects.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 Rich Smith	Ceradyne's a Li'l Less Fine Ceradyne doesn't get the contract to supply lightweight armor to Northrop Grumman and Oshkosh for their Joint Light Tactical Vehicle joint venture. But the news isn't all bad for investors.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ceradyne on Fire When they release their earnings report on Tuesday, it is likely that ceramics maker Ceradyne will continue a 19 quarter winning streak of beating industry analysts.
The Motley Fool January 4, 2008 Rich Smith	Quick Take: Ceradyne Delivers on a Promise Defense contractor and ceramics specialist Ceradyne lands a $400 million contract to supply "ESAPI" body armor to the U.S. Special Forces command.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2006 Seth Jayson	Bulk Up on Body Armor? A recent Pentagon study may trigger another round of body-armor contracts. Investors may want to watch Ceradyne closely for more clues about how this latest call for armor may flow to the bottom line.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2005 Seth Jayson	Scoping Ceradyne A brief list of what one investor will be watching in next week's earnings report for the body-armor maker.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2008 Rich Smith	Fool on Call: Ceradyne's Surprise, Explained High-tech potter Ceradyne reported nearly flatlined sales and a 13% decline in earnings last week, shares continue to march upward. The future is the reason.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 Rich Smith	Ceradyne Burned Out? Profits excel, but outlook disappoints. The ceramics maker reported its second-quarter results, and despite posting 14.4% sales growth, the stock is down 9% and counting.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2007 Rich Smith	Oops, General Dynamics Does It Again Force Protection loses as General Dynamics wins the war over the contract for the military's MRAP program.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Seth Jayson	An Obvious Moneymaker Ceradyne's new armor orders were no surprise to attentive investors.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2007 Rich Smith	Oshkosh on the Open Road Oshkosh Truck, maker of all species of trucks, from fire trucks to cement mixers to armored vehicles, reports higher sales and profits, but optimistic statements regarding MRAP need to be taken with a grain of salt.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2005 Seth Jayson	Seeing the Obvious at Ceradyne Today, the ceramics maker announced yet another $60.1 million order, part of the $462 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract it received last year. The stock's hyperactivity isn't much of a surprise, but neither are the orders.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2008 Rich Smith	Ceradyne Gets a Tat There is good news, more good news, and some bad news for Ceradyne investors.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ceradyne's Slip Is Showing In advance of earnings, analysts expect ceramics maker Ceradyne to barely grow sales, but profits may suffer.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Ceradyne Surprises Ceradyne snaps its losing streak and trumps the Street's expectations for the first quarter of 2008.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2004 Rich Smith	Ceradyne Protects Its Flank The Iraq war generates profits for now, but the company looks to the future. Diversification in this manner seems prudent, and Ceradyne should be commended for protecting its shareholders' investment this way.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Can Ceradyne Get It Together? In advance of earnings, analysts expect ceramics maker Ceradyne to post a loss in both sales and profits.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2009 Rich Smith	Hear Oshkosh Roar! For shareholders in military trucker Oshkosh, it's shaping up to be a fine summer indeed.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2007 Rich Smith	Force Protection Dances a Jig A $1.2 billion Pentagon award to produce additional mine-resistant, ambush-protected armored vehicles is divided between Force Protection and two other defense contractors.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Safety in Numbers What three recent armor contracts suggest about the future of UAVs and robots. From an investor's perspective, the conclusion is obvious: Buying shares of Ceradyne, General Dynamics, and Armor Holdings looks like a good bet.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 Rich Smith	No Love for Force Protection Despite another win, the armored vehicle maker's stock falls.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2005 Seth Jayson	Ceradyne's Wild Ride The market doesn't know what to do with the ceramics and body armor maker. This stock isn't for the weak-kneed, but for those who know what the firm is doing and where its potential could be, drops like today's are good news.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2008 Rich Smith	Who Wants to Be a 70-Billionaire? Defense companies Northrop Grumman and Oshkosh team up to bid for their share of the military transport vehicle contracts.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2008 Rich Smith	JLTV Program Gets Smaller, Slower For five long months, we've been awaiting word of who would win the JLTV competition. It seems the military just can't decide who's going to build the darn thing.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Ron Vlieger	Oshkosh on the Road Again Truck manufacturer Oshkosh's merger with construction equipment maker JLG seems to be working; the company announced sales nearly double the previous year's pre-merger totals.
The Motley Fool July 1, 2005 Seth Jayson	Lessons From the Fall The small, advanced-ceramics firm Ceradyne provides an example of what to do when a good stock goes bad.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Oshkosh Backs Up the Truck In advance of Oshkosh Truck's Q1 2008 reports, analysts expect sales to rise, but profits to take a big drop.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2006 Seth Jayson	The Ceradyne Habit These shares aren't cheap, and yes, the company relies heavily on military contracts for the next couple of years. But given management's skillful handling of the recent boom, Ceradyne is also making the right moves for the future.
The Motley Fool July 1, 2009 Rich Smith	And the Winner Is ... Oshkosh! (By Gosh!) The Pentagon awards the first $1 billion installment on the contract for off-road MRAP armored vehicles to Wisconsin-based heavy industrialist Oshkosh Corp.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2009 Rich Smith	M-ATV Bids: The Pentagon Picks Its Winners The Pentagon narrowed the field of contenders to just five companies, and asked each one to provide it with three prototype M-ATVs to test. Read on to see who the winners are.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 Rich Smith	JLTV Me ASAP The Pentagon decides America's next Humvee is almost certainly going to be built by BAE/Lockheed, BAE/Navistar, and General Dynamics.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2008 Rich Smith	'Tis the Season for JLTVs Let's review the several defense contractors bidding for a piece of the $70 billion contract to build the Army's next Humvee.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2005 Seth Jayson	Feats of Clay Ceradyne keeps growing, and does it right. While the shares are no longer "stupid cheap," and body armor orders still comprise the bulk of the business, future opportunities in engines, coatings, the oil industry, and vehicle armor may someday make the current share price look like a very big bargain indeed.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2007 Rich Smith	Force Protection's Shredded Storybook Second order for MRAP armored vehicles goes to a surprise winner. The 18,000 sales that investors had priced into the stock have been ripped from the pages of this storybook story. How the story will end, is anyone's guess.
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Surge in Vehicle Orders Calls for Unconventional Buying Methods Amid escalating pressure to deliver better protection for troops in Iraq, the Army and the Marine Corps have committed to buying nearly 6,800 mine-resistant armored vehicles. But buying this quantity requires some creative purchasing.
National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Has Few Options to Lessen Weight of Body Armor The Army is considering buying a lighter and comfier vest that would lower armor weight to about 16.5 pounds but would reduce the area of coverage from 885 to 231 square inches.
The Motley Fool October 1, 2008 Rich Smith	Oshkosh Promises, B'Gosh Investors reacted positively to Oshkosh's Friday announcement that things aren't quite as bleak as we once thought.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2004 Seth Jayson	Ceradyne Bulks Up The technical ceramics maker broadens its horizons again.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2007 Rich Smith	Ceradyne Shines A look at the ceramics specialist's first-quarter earnings report. With performance this good, a 13 P/E, and the perpetually pessimistic analysts predicting 15% growth going forward, Ceradyne looks like a buy
The Motley Fool July 31, 2008 Rich Smith	Fool on Call: Ceradyne Shines Ceradyne's solar business basically stole the show on the post-earnings conference call with its CEO.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2006 Seth Jayson	The Hard Truth at Ceradyne This is a misunderstood company that Wall Street just doesn't "get." However, management has kept finding ways to make it more profitable, and it's looking toward the future.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Oshkosh Still Truckin' The truck company is set to report its fiscal third-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2007	Vehicle Armoring - MRAP and Beyond If approved by congress, the Pentagon's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) program will obtain 2,650 new armored vehicles, making it the third-largest acquisition program in the U.S.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2004 Seth Jayson	Armor for Your Portfolio Another defense highflier worth considering. Here are the positives as well as a few chinks in Armor Holdings' armor.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2009 Rich Smith	Time to Buy Force Protection? Revenues for this armored vehicle maker look fine, but profits went up in smoke.
National Defense September 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Truck Program a Test Case for Cutting Costs, And Profits A relatively small Army procurement -- the $3 billion family of medium tactical trucks -- is being watched closely by industry executives and investors as a harbinger of what might be in store for manufacturers of military equipment.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2008 Rich Smith	Force Protection Not Dead Yet Force Protection lands a $115 million contract to provide 174 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles to the British military.