Oshkosh Defense has unveiled a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle which features a new missile upgrade and a capacity to endure attacks from ground-based improvised explosive devices, Task and Purpose reported Wednesday. The Oshkosh Defense JLTV was demonstrated at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting in Washington to highlight the platform’s modularity and features. The […] More

Oshkosh‘s defense business unit has received a potential five-year, $42.4 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply motor vehicle parts and accessories in support of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. The sole-source contract contains three base years and two option years, the Defense Department said Monday Oshkosh Defense will perform work at a company […] More

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Oshkosh‘s defense business a delivery order valued at more than $33 million to build 54 more aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles. Oshkosh said Monday that it expects to field the initial P-19R vehicles next month and deliver a total of 164 units through 2019. Pat Williams, vice president and general manager of Army and Marine Corps programs at […] More

Oshkosh Corp.’s defense subsidiary has received a $42 million order to provide additional Joint Light Tactical Vehicles as well as installed and packaged kits to the U.S. Army. The order represents the third that the Army has placed with Oshkosh Defense under a potential $6.75 billion contract awarded in August last year, the company said said Monday. Oshkosh Defense will perform the task in Oshkosh, […] More

A new Strategic Defense Intelligence report forecasts the worldwide market for  military armored vehicles and associated maintenance, repair and operations will reach a value of $32.4 billion by 2026 from $22.5 billion in 2016, at a compound annual growth rate of 3.71 percent. Efforts to provide protection and munitions to ground forces as well as threat from neighboring […] More

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has called for a reassessment of the bid submitted by an Oshkosh Corp. subsidiary for the $638 million Medium Support Vehicle System Standard Military Pattern contract. CITT made the recommendation to Canada’s department of public works and government services following a four-month review after Oshkosh Defense Canada challenged the contract award decision on […] More

An Oshkosh Corp. business unit will demonstrate its unmanned ground vehicle technology at the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International XPONENTIAL conference Monday through Thursday in New Orleans. Oshkosh Defense will exhibit an MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle equipped with a TerraMax UGV that works to facilitate force protection and force multiplier features in the battlefields, the company said Monday. John Beck, Oshkosh chief unmanned […] More

Oshkosh Defense is preparing data and models for the production of U.S. Army and Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes John Bryant, senior vice president of defense programs at Oshkosh, said the company started work on the deliverables while the Government Accountability Office reviews a JLTV contract […] More

Oshkosh Defense has put the company’s joint light tactical vehicle on exhibit at the 2015 AUSA in Washington. Oshkosh said Monday the light military vehicle incorporates the Oshkosh Core1080 crew protection and the Oshkosh TAK-4i intelligent independent suspension technologies. “The Oshkosh JLTV will revolutionize how our soldiers and marines get to the fight,” said U.S. […] More

Lockheed Martin, AM General and Oshkosh have used what they call non-traditional approaches to build the protective features of their respective teams’ Joint Light Tactical Vehicle offerings for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes Army chief acquisitions executive Heidi Shyu expects to name the winning contracting team for the $30 […] More

The Department of State has approved North Macedonia’s request to procure Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and associated program and logistics support services from the U.S. government under a potential foreign military sales agreement worth $111 million. Oshkosh Defense, AM General, Leonardo DRS and L3Harris Technologies will serve as principal contractors in the proposed FMS deal, which includes the procurement of 18 additional M1278A1/A2 JLTV heavy gun carriers and seven JLTV general purpose vehicles, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday.

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General Dynamics‘ land systems division, McQ, Oshkosh Defense and Textron Systems have secured contracts worth $25 million combined to design and build light robotic combat vehicle prototypes for the U.S. Army. Under the first phase of the competition, the contractors will each work to deliver two platform prototypes to the service branch by August 2024 […] More