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J.C. Bamford Excavators Ltd. (JCB) is a Staffordshire, England-based manufacturer of heavy equipment, such as backhoe loaders, excavators, and telescopic handlers, used for construction, agricultural, compaction, and other industrial applications. It also makes diesel engines for industrial equipment and machinery. JCB's North American headquarters are based in Savannah, Ga., where it supports a sizeable contract for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

One of JCB's current military contracts is providing the U.S. Army with crew protection, 36,000-pound, high-mobility engineered excavators (HMEEs). "The Army didn't have anything like this in their inventory," said Tom Cooper, Engineering Project Manager for JCB. "The idea was to have an excavator that could maintain convoy speeds on its own instead of having to be placed on a trailer pulled by a large truck. Basically, we designed a backhoe that can do 60 mph and rides like a Cadillac."