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Oshkosh Wins $181M Order for Truck Armor

  • (Source: US Department of Defense)
  • 12:00 AM, October 6, 2008
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Oshkosh Corp., Oshkosh, Wis., is being awarded a $180,667,554 fixed price delivery order #0063 under a previously awarded indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract (M67854-04-D-5016) for the purchase of an additional 1,565 reducible height armor protection kits for Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) vehicles. Production will be performed in Israel, (63 percent) and Oshkosh, Wis., (37 percent), and work is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.>> The Marine Corps System Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.
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