
Navistar Defense [NAV] will pay the U.S. government $50 million to settle a complaint that the vehicle manufacturer overcharged the military by inflating the cost of parts for Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles it produced for the Marine Corps between 2007 to 2012. The complaint was originally filed by Duquoin Burgess, a former contract director at Navistar, who alleged the company had doctored invoices to reflect fraudulent prices for various MRAP components, including the vehicles’ chassis, engines, and suspension systems.…