Exhibit 10.56

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO LEASE

THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO LEASE ("Amendment") effective as of November 1, 2007 by
and betweenAerospace/Defense, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (hereinafter call the "Landlord") andForce Protection
Industries, Inc.andForce
Protection, Inc., Nevada corporations (collectively, the"Tenant").

RECITALS

A.    By Industrial Lease effective as of July 13, 2004, the Landlord leased unto Tenant certain premises within
Building No. 2 situated in an industrial project (the"Project") located in Ladson (Charleston County), South Carolina which instrument was
amended by Letter executed on July 18, 2006 and by Second Amendment to Lease effective as of February 1, 2007 (the"Second Amendment") and
by Third Amendment to Lease effective as of July 1, 2007 (the"Third Amendment"). The Industrial Lease as amended by the July 18, 2006
Letter, the Second Amendment and the Third Amendment shall hereinafter be referenced as the"Lease."By the execution of this Amendment, the parties
intend to amend the Lease. Each capitalized term used and not otherwise defined or modified herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Lease.

B.    At
the request of the Tenant, the Landlord has agreed to modify the term"Premises"as follows:





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C.    In
consideration for amending the Lease as referenced in Recital B above, the Tenant agrees to amend Paragraph 3(a) by increasing the Base Rent for the Premises
and by further amending the Lease as hereinafter provided.

D.    The
Landlord and Tenant now wish to enter into this Amendment to amend the Lease according to the terms, provisions and conditions hereinafter set forth.

NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises given one to the other, the parties do hereby covenant and agree to amend and modify the Lease as follows:

1.    All
the recitals set forth above in the"Recitals"clauses are hereby made an integral part of this Agreement.

2.    Paragraph 1
(The Premises), Section (a) of the Lease is modified by adding thereto the Tank Farm Area and
Existing Tank Farm referenced in Recital B 1 and the Dyno Building referenced in Recital B2.

3.    The
parties acknowledge and reaffirm Paragraph 1(b) of the Lease (as well as the other terms and provisions thereof not inconsistent with the terms and provisions
of this Amendment). The Landlord makes no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the condition of the Tank Farm Area, the Existing Tank Farm and the Dyno Building and the Tenant represents to
the Landlord that Tenant and its contractors and engineers have thoroughly examined the physical conditions of the Tank Farm Area, the Existing Tank Farm and the Dyno Building and have found them all
satisfactory for all purposes and uses intended by the Tenant, and the Tenant accepts the Tank Farm Area, the Existing Tank Farm and the Dyno Building in their present condition "asis"
and with all faults.

4.    Paragraph 8(a)
is amended to read as follows:



5.    Paragraph 9
(Maintenance and Repair) is amended by adding the following subsections (c), (d) and (e):



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6.    Paragraph 3(a)
(Base Rent) is amended by adding the following sentence:



7.    This
Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
If this Amendment or the signature page, as executed, is transmitted by one party to the other by facsimile transmission or electronically "pdf" transmission, such transmission shall be deemed an
executed original of this Amendment and of such signature

8.    Except
as modified by this Amendment, the Lease remains unchanged.

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment under seal as of the day and year first above written.

LANDLORD:AEROSPACE/DEFENSE, INC.By:

/s/M. JERRY GARFINKLEIts:

Assistant SecretaryTENANT:FORCE PROTECTION INDUSTRIES, INC.By:

/s/RAYMOND POLLARDIts:

COOFORCE PROTECTION, INC.By:

/s/MICHAEL DURSKIIts:

CFO


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Exhibit A

[FLOOR
PLAN]

MAIN
FLOOR LEVEL

Building
No. 2

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Exhibit A-1

[FLOOR
PLAN]

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Exhibit A-2

[FLOOR
PLAN]

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Exhibit B

[FLOOR
PLAN]

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