Procurement Article Index : Current 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
 Latest
 News 		  Most
 Read 		  Most
 Commented		  Hot
 Topics

December 29, 2000

The US Army is ordering 3.7 million berets for $24 million for the new look in combat fashions. (National Guard units, and even State Guard units, are also adopting the beret, although no one under the rank of general seems to think it's a good idea.) The problem is that only one US company makes berets (Bancroft Cap of Arkansas) and it can only deliver about one million in time. The rest will come from South Africa, Romania, Sri Lanka, India, Canada, and China. (The Chinese, which General Shelton said could become "a 21st century version of the Russian bear", will provide 309,000 berets.)--Stephen V Cole