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Navistar Defense Receives Army Vehicle Order For Afghanistan Security Forces

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Friday, August 12th, 2011

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Navistar Defense recently said that it received a contract extension and a delivery order to support Afghanistan Security Forces with a $28 million order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command. The extension calls for 194 general troop transport vehicles and runs through December 2011 with a ceiling of $83 million to allow for additional vehicle orders and support packages. Under the delivery order, Navistar will provide general troop transport vehicles based on the Internationalr 7000-MV, or WorkStarr,…

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