Published: February 23, 2010
Tags: contract, military trucks, Oshkosh Corp.
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The military contracts keep coming for Wisconsin-based truck-maker Oshkosh Corp.
The latest is a deal for 1,460 heavy-duty military trucks that are specially designed to withstand the blasts of roadside bombs. According to the company, the contract announced Tuesday is worth $640 million.
The all-terrain trucks are proving popular with the Pentagon because [...]
Published: February 22, 2010
Tags: Army Reserve, contract, Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks, Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh Defense
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh Corp. has been awarded another Army contract worth millions.
According to the company, its division, Oshkosh Defense, has been awarded a $13 million contract to deliver over 35 next-generation Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks to the Army Reserve.
The trucks carry up to 13 tons of payload and have off-road capabilities.
Production is [...]
Published: February 13, 2010
Tags: Army, contract, military trucks, order, Oshkosh Corp.
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Oshkosh Corporation is announcing that the U.S. Army has affirmed a $3 billion contract to build 23,000 military trucks and trailers.
Oshkosh Corp. secured the contract last fall by under-bidding two other companies, BAE Systems and Navistar Inc. Those two companies questioned whether Oshkosh could meet the price it quoted, and in [...]
Published: February 10, 2010
Tags: LVSR, Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh Defense, trucks
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps has ordered more than 400 heavy trucks from the defense arm of Oshkosh Corp., in a deal worth over $158 million.
Oshkosh Defense said Wednesday the order is for LVSRs, which are hulking trucks used to transport supplies across difficult terrain.
The new order extends an existing contract for [...]
Published: January 25, 2010
Tags: Army, contract, military vehicles, Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh Defense
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. has received two hefty military orders for spare parts and repair kits for its new class of mine-resistant trucks.
Oshkosh Defense said Monday the deals with the U.S. Army are worth more than $325 million.
The parts are for M-ATVs, which are all-terrain military vehicles that are [...]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The Pentagon will pay the defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. nearly $32 million to upgrade the armor on 300 military vehicles and produce more than 90 cargo trucks.
Oshkosh Defense said Friday it expects to deliver the trucks by September.
According to the Oshkosh, Wis.-based company, its contract with the U.S. Marine Corps [...]
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. [...]
SEALY, Texas (AP) — A Texas defense contractor has restated its opposition to a U.S. Army decision to award a $3 billion contract to a Wisconsin company for 23,000 military trucks and trailers.
Addressing reporters Monday, the president of Sealy, Texas-based BAE Systems-Tactical Defense Systems LP said he supported a U.S. Government Accountability Office ruling that [...]
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Government Accountability Office wants the Army to re-evaluate its $3 billion contract award to the Oshkosh Corp.
Two companies that lost in bidding on the contract, BAE Systems and Navistar Inc., protested after Oshkosh Corp. won the contract in August. The companies, in part, questioned whether Oshkosh could make the [...]
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