INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2026--
Morgan Olson, a leading manufacturer of purpose-built commercial work vehicles, is showcasing its new Kestrel work truck platform at FDIC International. The Kestrel is a commercially available solution engineered for the most demanding first response use cases. It is purpose-built, fully validated, and already in production. The Kestrel represents a new class of compact four-wheel-drive, Class 2 commercial vehicle designed to support emergency response operations in both urban and rural environments.
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Developed with direct input from fleet operators and real-world users, the Kestrel is not a retrofit or concept vehicle. It is a fully engineered commercial platform designed, tested, and validated to meet federal safety requirements and the rigorous demands of daily fleet operation.
First responders require vehicles that perform reliably in unpredictable, high-stress conditions. The Kestrel delivers proven four-wheel-drive capability for all-terrain access, compact maneuverability for dense environments, and a durable, purpose-built body engineered for continuous heavy use. Its design supports efficient equipment access and optimized workflows, enabling crews to respond quickly and operate effectively in time-critical situations.
The platform has undergone comprehensive validation, including fuel system integrity crash testing, multi-angle crash validation, and stability control recalibration for commercial applications. These measures ensure the Kestrel delivers proven safety, durability, and performance where reliability is essential.
“First responders don’t have the luxury of uncertainty when it comes to their equipment,” said Joe Rudolph, Morgan Olson’s Vice President of Business Development. “Kestrel was designed and validated to perform in the same harsh, unpredictable conditions they face every day delivering the durability, capability, and confidence required to operate in both urban and remote environments.”
Rather than a single-purpose vehicle, Morgan Olson is demonstrating how the Kestrel platform can be configured to support a wide range of first responder applications, including fireground support, command and communications, EMS and rehabilitation units, logistics and equipment transport, and multi-agency response roles. Its modular, upfit-ready design allows departments to tailor the vehicle to specific operational requirements while maintaining flexibility for future needs.
Lifecycle performance is central to the Kestrel platform. Backed by Morgan Olson’s long-standing commitment to serviceability, uptime, and long-term parts availability, the Kestrel is designed to support extended service life within demanding fleet environments.
As departments balance evolving operational demands with budget constraints, the Kestrel provides a practical and scalable fleet solution. Improved fuel efficiency, simplified maintenance, and flexible upfitting contribute to a lower total cost of ownership while enabling modernization without overextending capital investment.
The Morgan Olson Kestrel demonstrates how a proven, validated commercial vehicle can meet the demands of modern first response operations—combining capability, durability, and flexibility in a single fleet-ready solution. Built for extreme conditions. Tested for real-world demands. Ready for the mission.
For more information, visit www.morganolson.com and watch our video, “Firefighters Put The Kestrel to the Test… Here’s What Happened.”
Morgan Olson Showcases the Kestrel™ Work Truck for First Response Applications at FDIC 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, who helped push the term “ fake news ” into the mainstream, now seems to have a new favorite subject: fake math.
During a Thursday event announcing a deal with drugmaker Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products, Trump defended his past claims that prices on prescription medications had been cut by well over 100% — something that is mathematically impossible without manufacturers dropping prices to zero and then presumably paying consumers to use their product.
Trump acknowledged having boasted that his efforts to lower drug prices had reduced what consumers pay by “500%, 600%.” But he added, “We also sometimes say 50%, 60%” and called it a "different kind of calculation" that could go up to "70, 80 and 90%."
“People understand that better,” Trump said. “But they're two ways of calculating” and “either way, it doesn't make any difference.”
There could indeed be two ways of calculating such things — but the difference is very important. One is correct. The other is nonmathematical.
It was one of several times Trump used his own — but incorrect — math during the drug pricing event. He claimed the 7 1/2-week-and-still-going Iran war actually fell within the four- to six-week timeline he predicted early on. The president also brought up the crowd size for his 2017 inauguration — a subject that led onetime top Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway to unwittingly make the phrase “ alternative facts ” famous.
Trump’s incorrect take on percentages — something he has long repeated — came just after his health chief, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., brought up the issue on his own during the same Oval Office event Thursday.
Kennedy noted that he was reminded of his exchange the previous day with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., at a congressional hearing when she said that claiming price cuts exceeding 100% might suggest “companies should be paying you to take their drugs.”
Kennedy said during the hearing that Trump “has a different way of calculating.”
On Thursday, Kennedy argued that drug manufacturers had raised prices on popular medications by more than 100% and that Trump was then cutting the price down substantially — meaning he was wiping out percentages of costs worth more than 100%.
“If the drug was $100, and it raised the price to $600, that would be a 600% rise,” Kennedy said. Then he continued, “And the president used that mathematical device.”
But no such device exists for the way Trump characterizes it — at least not when math is done correctly.
Something can increase in price by more than 100%. A product that increases from $1 to $2.10 has increased by 110%. But prices cannot be reduced by more than 100% without being pushed to a value of $0 — or reduced 100% of the full price — and then into negative territory, where consumers presumably would need to be paid for using a product.
In a subsequent question-and-answer session with reporters during the price announcement event, meanwhile, Trump offered another dash of fake math for how long the war in Iran, which began Feb. 28, had been going on.
Asked about the war having exceeding the four to six weeks he originally suggested it would last, Trump argued that he'd actually met his own timeline because Iran's military was “decimated” by then.
The U.S. and Iran agreed to a ceasefire this month, and Trump announced this week that he was extending it. But neither side says the war is over, and a conclusion that hasn't been achieved certainly didn't occur in the four to six weeks that have already elapsed.
Trump also brought up his 2017 inaugural crowd size issue on Thursday, when talking about renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He noted that Martin Luther King Jr. had drawn hundreds of thousands of people to the National Mall for his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 and claimed: “I had the same exact crowd. Maybe a little bit more,” arguing that pictures of both events backed him up.
“I actually had more people," Trump added. “But that’s OK.”
President Donald Trump speaks during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Chris Klomp, director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, right, speaks as President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listen during an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
