Oshkosh wins $6.7 billion US Army contract

Posted on 26 Aug 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
The Oshkosh JLTV, winner of the US Army design competition. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.

Military vehicle manufacturer Oshkosh Defence has today won a $6.7bn contract with the US Army to produce the next generation of light land vehicles.

The company’s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) was chosen to be the vehicle that would replace the role of the HMMWV in the US Army and Marine Corps into the future. To win this highly lucrative contract, Oshkosh’s JLTV had to defeat other massive players in the US defense industry including Lockheed Martin and General…

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