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Army Looks To Textron For Armored Vehicles For Afghan Army

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

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The Army yesterday said it has taken an undefinitized contract action (UCA) with Textron [TXT] to produce up to 440 Medium Armored Security Vehicles (MASVs) for the Afghanistan National Army (ANA). The UCA has a potential value of approximately $543 million, and authorizes initial funding of $125.9 million to begin work leading to the delivery of 240 MASVs and associated support equipment, spare parts, field service representatives, training and training aids. The first vehicle is expected to be delivered in…

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