Navistar wins bid to supply smaller MRAPs

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The Navistar MaxxPro Dash MRAP


Navistar wins bid to supply smaller MRAPs
By Kris Osborn - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Sep 4, 2008 18:35:40 EDT

Navistar won the competition to provide the Pentagon’s first batch of smaller Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles.

A contract announced Thursday awards $752 million to Navistar International for an unspecified number of vehicles. Navistar officials put the number at 822.

But Navistar may not remain the Pentagon’s sole source for the smaller MRAPs. The contract also provides $7 million apiece to General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada and Force Protection for five test vehicles.

All vehicles are slated to be delivered by February, according to the contract announcement. The vehicles will be deployed to Afghanistan, a senior Pentagon official said.

In August, Pentagon officials asked industry to redesign MRAPs to be more maneuverable and less prone to roll over, the official said.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/defense_newMRAPs_090408/%2e



uhc comment: Wow! An MRAP for less than $1,000,000. :woohoo: