Force Protection, Inc. Receives Nasdaq Extension for Continued Listing until September 30, 2008

Business Wire, Sept 22, 2008

-- Company intends to file all outstanding Form 10-Qs on or before September 30, 2008 --

LADSON, S.C. -- Force Protection, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRPT) today announced it received an extension from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel to file its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the first and second quarters of 2008 on or before September 30, 2008. The Company stated that it intends to file separate amended Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the first, second and third quarters of 2007 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the first and second quarters of 2008 on or before September 30, 2008.

As previously announced, the Company will hold a conference call with investors to discuss 2007 and year-to-date 2008 results and its business outlook at 4:30 pm EDT on September 30th which will be available to the public via webcast.

About Force Protection, Inc.

Force Protection, Inc. is a leading American designer, developer and manufacturer of life saving survivability equipment, predominantly ballistic- and blast-protected wheeled vehicles currently deployed by the U.S. military and its allies to support armed forces and security personnel in conflict zones. The Company's specialty vehicles, the Cougar and the Buffalo, and the Cheetah, are designed specifically for reconnaissance, forward command and control, and urban operations and to protect their occupants from landmines, hostile fire, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs, commonly referred to as roadside bombs). The Company is one of the original developers and primary providers of vehicles for the U.S. military's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, vehicle program. For more information on Force Protection and its vehicles, visit www.forceprotection.net.

Safe Harbor Language

This press release contains forward looking statements that are not historical facts and statements about our beliefs and expectations, including statements relating to our intention to file our quarterly reports with the SEC on or before September 30, 2008. These statements are based on beliefs and assumptions by Force Protection's management, and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update any of them publicly in light of new information or future events. A number of important factors could cause actual result to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Examples of these factors include, but are not limited to, our ability to fulfill the above described orders on a timely basis, our ability to effectively manage the risks in our business; the reaction of the marketplace to the foregoing; and other risk factors and cautionary statements listed in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risks set forth in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.