Armor Holdings, Inc. Receives $17 Million Award for Up-Armored HMMWVs

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 17, 2006 -- Armor Holdings, Inc. , a leading manufacturer and distributor of military vehicles, vehicle armor systems and life safety and survivability systems serving military, law enforcement, homeland security and commercial markets, announced today the receipt of orders valued at $17 million from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command for additional production of M1116 Up-Armored HMMWV vehicles to support the USAF and for transparent armor spare parts for Up-Armored HMMWVs. Work will be performed during 2007 by the Armor Holdings Aerospace and Defense Group at its facilities near Cincinnati, Ohio.

Robert Schiller, President of Armor Holdings, Inc., said, "We are pleased to receive additional production demand for the M1116 Up-Armored HMMWV and for additional work in our ballistic glass plant to support our military force. We also are delighted to continue to build on our workload for execution in 2007."

About Armor Holdings, Inc.

Armor Holdings, Inc. is a diversified manufacturer of branded products for the military, law enforcement, and personnel safety markets. Additional information can be found at http://www.armorholdings.com/.

Certain matters discussed in this press release constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The Company may use words such as "anticipates," "believes," "plans," "expects," "intends," "future," and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, its 2005 Form 10-K and amendments thereto and most recently filed Forms 8-K and 10-Q.

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