The Bogert Group (Pasco)

Problem: The longer soldiers in the field take to change the tire on a Humvee or wait for repair assistance, the greater the risk. Solution: a portable, quickly deployable hydraulic jack that lets soldiers fix what’s broken or replace a flat and get moving again. The Bogert Group, which had been making parts and accessories for small planes, developed a working prototype of a jack in only seven days. The U.S. Army liked it enough to award the company a five-year contract for as many as 108,000 jacks.

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