Published: May 10, 2010
Tags: military, military trucks, Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh Defense
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. has received a Pentagon order for more than 2,600 military trucks in a deal worth more than $410 million.
Oshkosh Defense said Monday the vehicles are scheduled to be delivered between March and December of next year.
The trucks are part of an armored family of vehicles [...]
Published: April 8, 2010
Tags: military, Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh Defense
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. has received four U.S. Army contracts worth $19 million to repair and deliver nearly 200 military vehicles.
Oshkosh Defense said Thursday the awards extend existing military contracts that will now wrap up in January.
The Oshkosh, Wis.-based company builds heavy-duty vehicles, including a popular class of mine-resistant [...]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Army has ordered more than 725 supply trucks from the defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. in a deal worth $290 million.
Oshkosh Defense said Tuesday it expects to complete production by September 2011.
The vehicles are heavy-duty military trucks with large trailers. They’ve been used to transport weapons and other supplies [...]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. has received another military contract, this one calling for the vehicle manufacturer to provide protective armor for nearly 1,000 trucks.
Oshkosh Defense said Thursday the deal is worth more than $54 million.
The contract means the company will provide armor for its new class of mine-resistant trucks. [...]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. has received another military contract, this one calling for the vehicle manufacturer to provide 400 military trucks in a deal worth $175 million.
Oshkosh Defense said Thursday the deal is for its new class of mine-resistant trucks. The all-terrain vehicles are specially designed to handle the [...]
Published: November 11, 2009
Tags: contract, defense, Gates, military, order, Oshkosh Corp.
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The Pentagon has awarded another hefty defense contract to Oshkosh Corp., ordering 1,000 military vehicles in a deal worth $438 million.
The contract announced Wednesday is Oshkosh’s fifth order for a new class of mine-resistant trucks. The orders are part of a contract awarded in June whose total value is more than [...]
Published: November 10, 2009
Tags: Bader, fundraising, Government Accountability Board, Kapitz, military, robbery, Sanchez, Schneider, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Vruwink, Walker
Reps. seek review of Walker event at university
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Democratic lawmakers asked regulators Tuesday to review whether Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker’s campaign violated a law that bans fundraising in state buildings.
Reps. Marlin Schneider of Wisconsin Rapids and Amy Sue Vruwink of Milladore asked the Government Accountability Board for the investigation.
The lawmakers [...]
Published: July 2, 2009
Tags: Army, Defense Department, military, Oshkosh Corp.
Dinesh Ramde
AP Business Writer
Milwaukee — Oshkosh Corp. said Wednesday that it’s too early to know how many jobs its new billion-dollar military contract will create but stressed that the number will be “significant.”
The contract awarded Tuesday to the Oshkosh-based company calls for 2,244 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPs. The Defense Department said it urgently needs [...]
