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Navistar Defense, Indigen Armor, SAIC Unveil Special Ops Tactical Vehicle

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

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Navistar Defense LLC [NAV], Indigen Armor and SAIC [SAI] today unveiled the team’s Special Operations Tactical Vehicle for the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV) 1.1 program. The vehicle, on display this week at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Fla., is built on Indigen Armor’s proven non-standard tactical truck (NSTT) platform and designed to be its modular and overt tactical equivalent. The team’s Special Operations Tactical Vehicle can be transported in an armored and mission-ready…

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